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23 07, 2017

Medieval Islamic pottery – Islamic art

By |2018-04-23T15:22:28-07:00July 23rd, 2017|Art, Islam|Comments Off on Medieval Islamic pottery – Islamic art

A tin-glazed plate Just about the time of the Arab conquests (about 600-700 AD), potters started to use metal-based glazes on their pots. So Islamic pottery looks very different from the Roman pottery that came [...]

11 06, 2017

Making molded bricks – Mesopotamia project

By |2020-05-05T06:21:03-07:00June 11th, 2017|Art, Crafts, West Asia|Comments Off on Making molded bricks – Mesopotamia project

Molded bricks project: A bull from the Ishtar Gate, Babylon (600s BC) Why molded bricks? Architects in ancient Mesopotamia (West Asia) didn't have much good stone to carve, but they [...]

6 06, 2017

Tang Dynasty Chinese Pottery – Medieval China

By |2018-08-08T07:11:45-07:00June 6th, 2017|Art, China|Comments Off on Tang Dynasty Chinese Pottery – Medieval China

T'ang Dynasty cup (Musee Guimet, Paris) Who invented porcelain? About 700 AD in China, plain white porcelain pottery first begins to appear, like these cups and these bowls. What is [...]

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