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	pottery. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Especially noteworthy is the early Aegean pottery of the Minoan and Mycenaean periods with its curvilinear, painted decoration.
		The potteries of Bennington, Vt., which opened in 1793, were known especially for their stoneware jugs; a variety of stoneware was also produced in several locations in New York state.
		American art pottery flourished in the first half of the 20th cent., with works created by a variety of artisans, many of whom were employed by companies such as the Rookwood Pottery and Cincinnati Art Pottery.
	www.bartleby.com /65/po/pottery.html (1199 words)

	pottery
		Pottery was used for storing and cooking food and beverages, and for food preparation in the kitchen.
		Pottery jugs also kept the wine slightly cooler due to transpiration, so this was also desirable.
		Pottery had the advantage over painting of being portable (oil paints were just being invented, so painting was mostly still on walls) and permanent.
	www.geocities.com /olwenpenaur/pottery.html (1997 words)

	Virtual Karak Resources Project: Archaeological Study
		The study of pottery is a key discipline in the archaeological investigation of the Middle East.
		In addition, pottery was traded (either for itself or because it was used as a container for other products such as wine or oil), and so the presence of imported objects on a site can tell us about the way in which the inhabitants of the site were involved in trade with other regions.
		Throughout the Islamic period, the Karak plateau was a predominantly rural area and this fact is reflected in the types of pottery found there.
	www.vkrp.org /studies/archaeological/pottery-islamic-period (617 words)

	Islamic pottery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sources indicate that Muslim pottery was not firmly established until the 9th century in Mesopotamia, Syria and Persia using mainly white tin-glaze.
		Carved decoration in ceramics is an old tradition used in ninth century Muslim pottery known as Sgraffiato, which is an engraving technique based on incising, with a sharp tool, the design through a white slip to reveal the red earthenware body, then the vessel is coated with glaze.
		Pottery of the Islamic period On the Karak Plateau
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Islamic_pottery (1547 words)

	[Islam-Online- Art & Entertainment]
		Islamic Art and Architecture, by Tawfiq Ahmed Abdel Gawwad, notes that pottery was not significant in pre-Islamic ages because art patrons in that early stage of history used metal urns made from gold or silver only.
		Arab pottery moved from a stage of imitating the Chinese style to one of innovation and emphasis on a distinct Arab artistic identity.
		Pottery of the Mameluke age was decorated by animal figures painted in fl and blue under a transparent glaze against a background of floral patterns very close to natural forms.
	www.islamonline.net /iol-english/dowalia/art-2000-july-06/art2.asp (1759 words)

	pottery - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Either a long piece of clay is coiled and then smoothed, or the clay is centered upon a potter's wheel (used in Egypt before 4000 BC) that spins the clay while it is being shaped by the hand, or thrown.
		Chronology of the earliest pottery in East Asia: progress and pitfalls.
		An unusual birth depicted in Mimbres pottery: not cracked up to what it is supposed to be.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-pottery.html (1430 words)

	Pottery of Islam
		Although these new techniques are numerous, Islamic pottery is best known for its lusterware glazes, aesthetic decorative designs, and their use of ceramic tiles as a major decorative motif in their architecture.
		The history of Islamic ceramics in these centers can easily be divided into three periods: early, the ninth to eleventh centuries, medieval, the twelfth to fourteenth centuries, and the late, fifteenth to nineteenth centuries.
		Iznik pottery is of a white clay body, and is known for its use of a huge variety of colored glazes.
	www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us /History/MidEast/02/stockin/stockin.htm (2037 words)

	Inscriptions on Early Islamic Pottery
		Some early Islamic pottery wares, primarily in the eastern part of the empire, bear striking similarities to Chinese ceramics that were imported into the Islamic world.
		The presence of inscriptions on early Islamic pottery is indicative of the wide use of Arabic writing as ornament throughout the Islamic empires.
		A particular form of script seen on early Islamic pottery in the eastern portion of the empire was Kufic, "associated with the city of Kufa in Iraq, which was a centre of Koran scholarship.
	studentwebs.coloradocollege.edu /~tl_clark/islamicart (1079 words)

	Islamic Art (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Islamic art is the art of a civilization based on the Islamic religion.
		Islamic art was in its prime between the years 800 through 1700.
		Calligraphy is the most prominant form of Islamic art not only because images are frowned on in the Islamic world, but because the other art forms; ceramics, glass, metalworks each draw on calligraphy as their major source of embellishment.
	www.sfusd.k12.ca.us.cob-web.org:8888 /schwww/sch618/islam/b04/Islam_Arabic_Calligraphy.html (830 words)

	Islamic Art - Early Medieval Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Textiles from the first centuries of the Islamic era survive mainly in the form of fragments, including tiraz, with their characteristic embroidered or woven inscriptions supplying the name and titles of the ruler.
		Architectural decoration, the arts of the book, textiles, glass, metalwork, and pottery all obtained a high level, enriched by a decorative vocabulary that was frequently dominated by figural representation.
		In the early medieval period metalworkers began to cover large areas of the base metal surface with decoration inlaid in copper and silver, gold and silver, or silver alone, perhaps as a less costly means of imitating the richness of objects fashioned entirely of precious metal.
	www.lacma.org /islamic_art/ema.htm (2516 words)

	Term paper on Islamic Pottery - Seljuk Pottery
		Yet some of the finest pieces of Seljuk art both in tiles and pottery is said to have emerged in the 14th century, with particular emphasis on variety reflecting the glory and refinement of the Turkins Islamic civilization.
		Such was the quality and high standard of the Seljuk tiles and pottery, that through out the 14th century till the 19th century, Seljuk art work found worldwide fame primarily because of the variety, the techniques used, the choice of colors by the artists of the era, and the designs.
		In the third group of luster pottery of the Seljuk era, the luster have a purple glazes, and are decorations are similar to the first group of luster pottery mentioned in the preceding lines.
	www.termpapergenie.com /Islamicpottery.html (1531 words)

	Islamic calligraphy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Calligraphy is the most revered of all the Islamic arts since it is through writing that the Qur'an is transmitted and preserved.
		Arabic, Persian and Ottoman Turkish calligraphy is associated with geometric Islamic art (the Arabesque) on the walls and ceilings of mosques as well as on the page.
		Contemporary artists in the Islamic world draw on the heritage of calligraphy to use calligraphic inscriptions or abstractions in their work.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Islamic_calligraphy (1091 words)

	Islamic art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Arabesque, an aspect of Islamic art usually found decorating the walls of mosques, is an elaborate application of repeating geometric forms that often echo the forms of plants and animals.
		Islamic art is the art of Islamic people, cultures, and countries.
		Islamic calligraphy is an aspect of Islamic art that has co-evolved alongside the religion of Islam and the Arabic language.
	www.shortopedia.com /I/S/Islamic_art (259 words)

	Dr. Stuart Tyson Smith
		Pottery of the Neolithic was made from sandy clay and decorated with distinctive rocker-stamped designs.
		Islamic pottery from the Sudan is often hand made with incised decoration.
		Christian pottery was mostly wheel made and decorated with elaborate painted and stamped designs, carrying on a ceramic tradition from the pre-Christian Meroitic period (c.
	www.anth.ucsb.edu /faculty/stsmith/research/artifacts_survey.html (234 words)

	Islamic Art - Late Islamic Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Chinese pottery had long been admired, collected, and emulated in the Islamic world, and this was especially the case at the Ottoman and Safavid courts, where two important collections of Chinese blue-and-white porcelains were assembled.
		Produced as architectural revetment as well as tableware, Iznik pottery is one of the most notable and renowned arts of the Ottoman period.
		No discussion of Islamic art, however brief, would be complete without some mention of carpets, which are perhaps the best-known Islamic art form throughout the world.
	www.lacma.org /islamic_art/lia.htm (3290 words)

	Canterbury Archaeological Trust - Longmarket Pottery
		Pottery reflects the status of its owners and the discovery of so many luxury items at Longmarket accords well with what historical documents tell us of the sort of people who lived here.
		Detailed research into Longmarket's medieval pottery has not yet begun in earnest but it appears likely that the Islamic wares were imported between the thirteenth and early sixteenth centuries.
		Pottery of this type is known to have been produced in the Arab kingdoms of North Africa and the Near East.
	www.hillside.co.uk /arch/longmarket/pottery.html (2364 words)

	Islamic Art
		Under the Abbasid caliphate, which succeeded the Umayyads (661–750), the focal point of Islamic political and cultural life shifted eastward from Syria to Iraq, where, in 762, Baghdad, the circular City of Peace (madinat al-salam), was founded as the new capital.
		Islamic textiles were also widely exported to the West, where their prominence is underscored by their impact on European languages.
		The art of pottery was greatly advanced in the ninth century with the development of the technique of luster painting.
	www.salaam.co.uk /themeofthemonth/march02_index.php?l=1 (1189 words)

	Ancient Pottery and Medieval Pottery - History for Kids!
		From the beginning, people used pottery as a way of constructing their social identity, or showing who they were and how they were different from other people.
		Many of the designs used on pottery were borrowed from cloth, which was also used to identify people of one group or another.
		Greek pottery is very different from West Asian pottery of the same time, and both of them are different from Egyptian pottery, or Chinese pottery.
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/arts/pottery/index.htm (1086 words)

	Islamic Pottery - History for Kids!
		It's easy to tell Islamic pottery from the pottery that came before, because it was just at the time of the Arab conquests (about 600-700 AD) that potters began to use metal-based glazes on their pots.
		Pottery of the Islamic World: In the Tareq Rajab Museum, by Geza Fehervari (1998).
		Pottery of the Early Islamic Period, by Charles Wilkinson (1974).
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/islam/art/pottery.htm (373 words)

	TSR Ceramics
		The Tareq Rajab Museum's pottery collection is very large and comprehensive, including vessels from pre-Islamic times right up to the first part of the 20th century.
		This type of pottery was also produced in Afghanistan and a beautifully decorated object is a small bowl which, in addition to its moulded, incised and pierced decoration was painted and splashed with cobalt-blue and manganese
		is closely related to Aghkand sgraffiato pottery and the raised or incised lines serve the purpose to separate the various colours of the decoration.
	www.trmkt.com /cera.html (958 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Archeologists and anthropologists are interested in pottery because it is both an artform and a craft that humans have practiced – worldwide throughout the ages – while producing things that were necessary in their daily lives.
		Pottery has a rich history that warrants extensive study, particularly in view of the progress of the ceramic industry.
		Among the common techniques involving the use of different materials in Islamic pottery making were the engraving of large areas and the drilling of holes in the pieces.
	www.islamonline.net /english/ArtCulture/2000/2/article2.shtml (1559 words)

	Islamic art - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia
		This is a subpage to art and Islamic studies.
		Image:Kaftar.jpg Islamic art is the art of Islamic people, cultures, and countries.
		Islamic art is centered usually around Allah, since Allah cannot be expressed into imagery, ["All you believe him to be, he is not"-Islamic Saying] geometrical patterns are used.similair to the Arabesque style, which also involves repeating geometrical patterns but are used to express ideals of order and nature.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Islamic_art (305 words)

	Ceramics from Islamic Lands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Islamic pottery—the fine ceramics made in the lands of Islam, from the Arab world and Turkey through Iran and into Central Asia—is one of the hidden treasures of world ceramics.
		Yet Islamic pottery cedes nothing to these great traditions in technical inventiveness and beauty of design.
		Introductory essays cover the study and collecting of Islamic pottery over the last hundred years, and trace its technical and chronological history, from the first fine wares made in the eighth century to the destructive impact of European industrialization in the nineteenth century.
	www.wwnorton.com /thamesandhudson/new/fall03/597629.htm (339 words)

	CUJAH Lee
		1 With regards to Islamic Pottery and the Far East, we can divide the subject into three main periods, all of which were instigated by recurring waves of Chinese influence.
		With regards to the Sung dynasty and its influence on Seljuk pottery, the most direct correspondence is apparent in the Seljuk potters’ imitation of Sung white porcelain or Ting ware (fig.
		The vocabulary of Islamic pottery painting is rich in its variety and history.
	art-history.concordia.ca /cujah/issue01/Lee.htm (4587 words)

	Islamic Art and Architecture - Sloane Art Library - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
		This entry for Islamic Art is comprehensive, with extensive authoritative bibliographies and a chapter on historiography, the"history of Islamic art history".
		Islamic Arts and Architecture is a gateway to selected museums, a bibliography and other resources.
		Islamic art from the 12th to the 18th c.
	www.lib.unc.edu /art/islamicart.html (1320 words)

	Reading - Oriental - Islamic - Ceramics
		The earliest Islamic pottery was decorated with incised patterns or patterns of applied clay but the Islamic potters greatly admired Chinese Tang Dynasty wares which reached the Arab countries by the "Silk Road of the Sea" across the Indian Ocean.
		The technique of painting in lustre was developed by Syrian and Egyptian glassmakers who began applying it to pottery at the end of the ninth century.
		Spanish lustre pottery declined through the sixteenth century as otter styles became more fashionable; it was dealt an almost fatal blow in 1609 when all Moorish people, who were the producers of most of the lustre wares, were expelled from Valencia.
	www.portobello.com.au /portobello/reading/oriental_islamic_ceramics.htm (735 words)

	Knowledge Problem: THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH CERAMICS, A STORY
		Then the Dutch pottery becomes popular in the 15th-17th centuries, mirroring their growth and role as the commercial and financial juggernaut of the period.
		Relative to the earlier Islamic, Spanish and Italian pottery, Dutch pottery is thinner and of a more consistent quality, which is the result of the increased ability to fuel hotter fires for kilns in reverberatory furnaces and clay-lined kilns to refract heat back into the kiln.
		The heyday of British pottery comes with the entrepreneurship of Josiah Wedgewood in the mid-18th century, who harnessed the ever-increasing ability to fuel hotter and hotter fires more efficiently with coal and coke to build larger and larger kilns (that's economies of scale for you).
	www.knowledgeproblem.com /archives/000546.html (753 words)

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