Ceramics 1 Week Fourteen
Dec 16, 2015
Ceramics 1
Week Fourteen
Overlapping
Techniques used to indicate depth of space
Helps viewers understand which objects are nearer and which objects are further away
Aesthetics
Philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty
Attempts to judge what is beautiful and what is not
Art
The conscience use of skill and creative imagination in the production of aesthetic objects
Artifact
Production of civilization
Man-made object
Culture
The ABC’s of civilization
A=arts, B=beliefs C=customs
Sumerian
A culture that existed 4000 years ago
Cuneiform Oldest known
language of the world
Sumerians used a sheet of leather hard clay and a pointed stick like we use paper and pencils
Mesopotamian
Ceramic art dating 4,000 years ago was the first depiction of people using chariots with wheels!
Creative Problem Solving: Don’t reinvent the wheel!!! Copy a Good Idea
Copyrights and patents are "intellectual property", but ideas and concepts belong to everybody. They are in the public domain - always have been.
Why reinvent the wheel?
Save time! The
Mesopotamian culture invented the wheel centuries ago
Percy Principle #7
Never borrow other artist's ideas Steal 'em!
Ideas are free for the taking!
Percy Principles of Art and Composition
On Right: Escher 1955
On Left: Alfano 2007
Apply to your project
Round neckCurving lines in hair
Indian cultureBrass Buddha
Roman Man
Square shoulders Square lips Square Brow