Ceramic History Research Presentation

Advanced Ceramics

Mr. Martin

Part I

Choose from the topics listed below. Do a research paper of not more than 3pages and not less than 2 pages, not including a Works Cited page, titlepages, picture pages, or any other fluff you want to throw in.

Your paper will use the topic as a core subject. From this starting point you willdiscuss the significance of work for its time and place, its characteristics, thetechnical aspects of the construction of the work, and some historical events ofthe period. How is the work reflective of the thoughts and lives of the people wholived when the work was made?

Due date for paper and presentation: as shown below

Note: Your in-class presentation will include at least 8 images in PowerPointformat and be of around 10-15 minutes in duration. Do not read from the PowerPointscreen as that just insults and bores your audience. (We can read, too.)

Remember: this is a clay class so don’t stray from this as the core of your paperand presentation.

Part 2

Create a piece of work that reflects the style of work you researched.

Due date for artwork:

Grading:

Research Paper: 25 points

Presentation and artwork: 75 points

GroupOneTopic DueDatePresenter

1Paleolithic cave clay work

2Windsor Tradition of Southern New England

3Jomon ware and culture

Two

4Sumeria + Asia Minor ware and figures

5Egyptian Tomb and ceremonial objects

6Minoan and Mycenaean cultures and ware

7Chinese culture thru Qin Dynasty

Three

8Pre-Columbian ritual vessels and figures

Colima dogs and figures

9Archaic, Hellenic, and Hellenistic ceramics

10Etruscan funerary wares

11Haniwa figures

12Han, Tang, and Song Dynasty wares

Four

13Medieval tableware

14Maiolica and Majolica

15Persian, Indian, and Islamic patterning and decoration

16Export wares of China and Southeast Asia: 16/17cce

17Hispano-Moresque ceramics

18African Tribal sculpture and functional patterning

19Mimbres, Anasazi and Native American Traditions

20Ming and Qing Dynasty wares

Five

21Picasso and Miro

22Abstract Expressionist ceramics of Voulkos, Mason,

Frey, Soldner, and Autio

23Figurative work after 1950

24Tile Murals and wall installations

25Art Deco and Art Nouveau

26Fired architecture of Ray Meeker, Nadir Khalili, and

others