Arizona State University
A.r.t.s : Navajo Pottery: Beautiful Objects
This informative website contains pages discussing the history of Navajo pottery. Provides photos and explanations of various pottery techniques. Teachers can use these lessons to show students how to create and fire their own pottery!
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Ancient Maya Art
This article describes different forms of Maya art - architecture, sculpture and carving, stucco, murals, written works, ceramics, textiles, and body art. It also notes the many collections of Maya art in museums around the world.
Other
About Korea: Culture and the Arts
Korea has an ancient culture. Find out about the paintings, dance, literature, and ceramics that have developed over the hundreds of years.
Other
About Korea: Culture and the Arts
Korea has an ancient culture. Find out about the paintings, dance, literature, and ceramics that have developed over the hundreds of years.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Mycenaean Pictorial Art and Pottery
As an archaeological description of Mycenaean art, this site focuses on the frescoes and pottery which have been uncovered from different periods in ancient greek history.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Early Medieval Period: History
An overview of Islamic art from the early medieval period (approximately A.D. 1000 to A.D. 1150) that begins with a historical overview of the shifting Islamic politics of the time. With informative descriptions and wonderful...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Late Islamic Period: History
An examination of Islamic art, from the fifteenth century through to the end of the Ottoman empire (just after World War I). Includes dozens of images of late Islamic art - textiles, ceramics, manuscripts - each with useful descriptions...
Tech4Learning
Pics4 Learning: Images for Education: Ceramics
Dozens of useful photos of various ceramics from around the world at this stie from Pics 4 Learning Inc. A useful reference in an art or history class. Browse through the examples, then click to enlarge.
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Web Japan: Overview of Ceramics
This site gives an overview of ceramics in Japan. Explaining the history of ceramic production dating as far back as 10,000 B.C.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Chinese Porcelain: Production and Export
Chinese ceramics were first exported in large quantities during the Song dynasty. Chinese porcelain influenced the ceramics of importing countries, and was in turn, influenced by them. View pictures and read about the history of Chinese...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Tlatilco Figurines
Tlatilco figurines are wonderful small ceramic figures, often of women, found in Central Mexico. Their intimate, lively poses and elaborate hairstyles are indicative of the already sophisticated artistic tradition.View pictures and read...
Other
The Palace Museum: Eternal Kindness: An Exhibition of Pottery Figurines
These cultural relics span over 1,400 years (from the Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty) and reflect various aspects of life in ancient China.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of the American Indian: Infinity of Nations
Exhibtion of artwork and artifacts from geographic regions across the Americas highlights the historic significance and diversity of material culture produced by Native Americans, past to present. With examples of textiles, ceramics,...
Smithsonian Institution
Archives of American Art: Digging for Clay
A selection of letters, writings, photographs, interviews and other primary sources documenting American artists working in clay.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Colors of Clay in Athenian Vases
An examination of unique ceramics made by the ancient Greeks. Be sure to watch the video of how an ancient Athenian cup is made.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Maiolica Quiz
Test your knowledge of the history, function, and production of maiolica with this seven-problem quiz.
Other
Asia Society: Fire Over Earth: Ceramics From Southeast Asia
A short discussion of the history of ceramic production in Southeast Asia, specifically ceramic production in Thailand and Vietnam, and of the role of the ceramic trade in this region. Also discusses the influence of China on the...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Art and Crafts
Kids learn about the art and crafts from the Maya civilization including sculpture, carving, painting, and ceramic on this website.
Other
Asiaart: Japanese Ceramics
At this page from Asiaart, 5/6 of the way down is a description of Otagaki Rengetsu's work.
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The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
Located in Kansas City, MO. A general art museum comprising objects from ancient times to the present, and all cultures, with special emphasis on Chinese art and English ceramics from the 17th century.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Making of Athenian Painted Ceramic Vases
In this article, we'll examine the process used for making decorated vases in the region of Attica-dominated by the city of Athens and its environs-during the Archaic and Classical periods. Making decorated vases involved several steps:...
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Pbs Teachers: Harding Black (Master Potter): An American Treasure
Search a collection of lesson plans, written by Texas art educators, about San Antonio-based potter Harding Black. Each lesson corresponds to a video clip from a feature-length program about the artist. Topics covered include balance and...
Other
Spode Exhibition Online | Spode Timeline 1733 1833
History, business, and pottery detailed in this Spode exhibit.
Curated OER
Silicon Valley Art Museum: China's Han Dynasty Artifacts
See treasures from a Han dynasty tomb (206 BC to AD 24) exhibited at the Silicon Valley Art Museum. Delightful reproductions of ceramic and bronze vessels and figurines pepper the site. Informative notes discuss both the technology used...