Pottery

Living each day as if it were your last were the words which struck me when I first read Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. His ideas of living in the present moment, one’s duty to the universal whole, and the relationship of all creatures to nature, though distant in time, are not distant at all for us. His concerns and questions still very much represent current topics today, showing only one instance of how the ancient world is alive. Through Marcus Aurelius, I developed a passion for the…

items that the ancient Roman people used in their daily lives. There were different types of silverware being displayed and the sign talks about how each silverware was used to eat a specific food item. Yet the museum had a lot pottery that was being displayed. Most of the pottery were simple, but had beautiful designs. I think the Roman arts are beautiful, but they keep a simple design…

The Mayan Indians: The Largest Indigenous Indian Group in North America Dating back as far as 50,000 B.C. and originally coming from Asia across the Bering Sea and Alaska to the Americas and the Yucatan peninsula during the last ice age, the Mayan Indians are an indigenous group of culturally diverse people. The ancient Mayans lived in present-day southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and western El Salvador having a population of eight million at the Pre-Columbian period, and at the…

imaging have also been very helpful when studying art and archeology. Both x-rays and CT’s are used to look at art to confirm its authenticity, archeology for the study of mummies, and also archeology to exam the charred scrolls at Herculaneum and pottery. Over the years, x-ray florescence (XRF) and x-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) have become increasingly popular methods to analyze art. The increasing popularity is due to the fact that these methods have been proven to be non-destructive.…

achievements have made me become more confident in myself and my art, and inspired me to try and practice more styles of art than I am originally used to. The pottery classes I have taken in high school helped me learn more about designs and helped improve my 2D art, although I was not the best at 3D art. The techniques I learned in pottery also led me to improvements in my drawing classes. I was able to recognize more mistakes that I could easily fix, and helped me be able to retain more…

Ajima, also known as “The honorable potter’s wife, has always been very compassionate to Tree-ear since the beginning. She nourished Tree-ear at the midday meal along with her husband. In addition, she provided him with clothing. Ajima used to be known as, “The honorable potter’s wife”. More frequently, she is known as Ajima. On page 91 in A Single Shard, it says “The second is that from now on, you will call me Ajima”. Ajima was closed off at the beginning. She was mainly in the home, or…

structure it was. Today, there are columns that provide no functional support and are there purely for decoration. Works on pottery depicting a story in ancient times did just that: told a story. But in modern times, pottery is now used more for aesthetics. Moreover, the stories told on these works have changed meaning as time has worn on. There…

The Mongolian people once ruled the second largest empire in the history of humanity. The Mongol empire was famous for pioneering military tactics such as horse mounted archers, conquering much of the Eurasian supercontinent and ruling an empire whose size would not be matched until the British took to colonialism centuries later. But as with so many other great empires, people often forget the massive economy necessary to sustain such as vast empire. Millions of people living across an entire…

Artifact 1: Feather Shield Picture/Source Aztec civilization feather shield (Mexico, Aztec civilization. feather shield with linear meander design incorporating eye motifs. From Mexican Altiplano) Description/Source These Shields were used by Aztecs in battle. The Aztecs were a warrior civilization, and this shield represents that. The Aztecs built their empire on tribute from conquered places. (Mexico, Aztec civilization. feather shield with linear meander design incorporating eye motifs. From…

religious ceremonies. For example, a small statue of the so- called Snake goddess was found or made in Crete. This piece of Minoan art is a goddess or priestess holding snakes. Furthermore, Minoan pottery was another form of art that was created. They were decorated with energetic designs. Some of the pottery they made, for example, was the Spouted jar and the Octopus Vase. They are both located at the Archaeologist Museum in Crete, Greece for…