After gathering references and sketching, students will throw three pots on the wheel with white clay and create adornments with coils to represent the stylistic trademarks from this era.
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What were characteristics of the Japanese culture during this period?
What were characteristics of the ceramic work during this period?
Who is John George Taylor (J G Taylor) and what was his significance in our understanding of the Jomon period of art?
Define:
neolithic
cord-marked
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What were characteristics of the Japanese culture during this period?
ReplyDeleteAt this time period the Japanese culture was beginning to diversify. Their culture seemed to be a slow progression of farming, hunting, fishing, building and artwork all inside an ever-evolving sophisticated group society.
What were characteristics of the ceramic work during this period?
Ceramic work during this period included handmade pots with pointed bottoms. As well as this, clay was also mixed with adhesive materials such as grass fibers and some powdered stone.
Who is John George Taylor (J G Taylor) and what was his significance in our understanding of the Jomon period of art?
John G Taylor is a british archaeologist who studied mainly the artifacts of the middle east. He helps us to understand that during the Jomon period of time, people all around the world were using and developing their own forms of art through sculpture, and each cultures style of art, however similar, is indicative to that culture.
Define:
neolithic- the late period of the stone age
cord-marked- the process or pressing cords, often wrapped over a stick, into the clay in order to give it character