Mrs. Schulz' Ceramics Project Resources
Greek Painted Pottery Introduction Offers background information and pictures of the various pottery types, and describes their basic characteristics. Here is another site with an explanation of Greek pottery.
Greek Vases More Greek Vases Greek Vases Collections of images of Greek vases, from various organizations.
The Colors of Clay: Special Techniques in Athenian Vases This exhibit from the Getty Museum includes both movies and photos. Please also see their exhibit, Greek Vases.
Origins of Greek Pottery Nice explanation of why Greek pottery is so impressive, with many examples.
An Introduction to Classical Sculpture "This program is based on the Cast Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, which represents an excellent selection of the most important works in the museums of the world." You also can look at their statues here.
Ancient
Mesopotamia: 17 Vessels
Ancient
Mesopotamia: 57 Clay Objects
Ancient
Mesopotamia: Spouted Vessel
Japan
Japan,
8000–2000 B.C. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Japan,
2000–1000 B.C. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Japan,
1000 B.C.–1 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of
Art
Japan,
1–500 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Japan,
500–1000 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Japan,
1000–1400 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Japan,
1400–1600 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Japan,
1600–1800 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Japan,
1800–1900 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Korea
Korea,
1000 B.C.–1 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of
Art
Korea,
1–500 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Korea,
500–1000 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Korea,
1000–1400 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Korea,
1400–1600 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Korea,
1600–1800 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Southeast
Asia
Southeast
Asia, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum
of Art
Southeast
Asia, 1–500 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of
Art
Southeast
Asia, 500–1000 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum
of Art
Southeast
Asia, 1000–1400 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum
of Art
Southeast
Asia, 1400–1600 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum
of Art
The Arts and Crafts Movement in the U.S. and Abroad
Arts and Crafts Movement in Europe and America, 1880-1920: Design for the Modern World
A comprehensive exhiobit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art explores and explains the Arts and Crafts Movement, including ceramic vases. Click here to see a large collection of images of vases and bowls.The Noble Craftsmen We Promote: The Arts and Crafts Movement in the American Midwest This exhibit looks at four particular areas of Arts and Crafts in the Midwest: the book arts, architecture, interior and exterior design, and the decorative arts and attempts to explain how the movement in the heartland differed from its purer British counterpart.
Tiffany Vases and Ceramics Ceramic examples made by Louis C. Tiffany, one of the most versatile and talented American artists working in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Art Nouveau Glass and Pottery: Selections from the Syracuse University Art This exhibition features thirty-five glass and ceramic objects by some of the outstanding artists of the time. The images rotate through the image viewing area.
Newcomb Pottery and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Louisiana In the late nineteenth century in New Orleans, Arts and Crafts ideals were seized upon and the artistic climate grew dramatically to produce an important and unique slice of American craft development: Newcomb Pottery. Scroll down the page to see images, and move through the next sections with more images.
Rookwood Pottery In several ways, Rookwood Pottery reflected the Arts and Crafts Movement's philosophy. It tried to create a pleasant working atmosphere for its craftspeople and initially encouraged individual creativity and freedom. Two examples are shown here.
A Chronology of the Arts and Crafts Movement The Arts & Crafts Movement: Artists, Craftsmen & Designers, 1890-1930. Includes links to related information.
Examples From the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and Elsewhere:
Design Reform | Design 1900 - 1025 | Vase with cover | Cheltenham Art Pottery (England) | Grueby & Co. Active 1897-1919 | Newcomb Pottery | Teco Pottery Active 1886-1930 | Van Briggle Active 1901-present |
Web-Based Teaching Course on Islamic Ceramics
Islamic Art of the LACM Permanent Collection
Traditional Chinese Culture in Taiwan: Pottery and Porcelain
Picol Passo and the Art of Maiolica in 16th Century Italy
National Museum of the American Indian