vessel

Examples of vessel in the following topics:

• Ceramics in the Jomon Period

  • They crafted lavishly decorated pottery storage vessels, clay figurines called dogū , and crystal jewels.
  • So-called flame vessels, along with the closely related crown-formed vessels , are among the most distinctive forms from this period; representative forms such as clay figurines of people and animals also appeared around this time.
  • "Crown-formed vessel," a variation on the flame vessel style for which Jōmon art is famous.

• Bronze and Ceramics in the Shang Dynasty

  • With over 200 bronze ritual vessels and 109 inscriptions of Lady Fu Hao's name, archaeologists realized they had stumbled across the tomb of the militant consort to King Wu Ding, as described in 170 to 180 Shang oracle bones.
  • Bronze vessels, stoneware and pottery vessels, bronze weapons, jade figures, hair combs, and bone hairpins were found.
  • As far back as c. 1500 BCE, the early Shang Dynasty engaged in large-scale production of bronzeware vessels and weapons.
  • The Shang royal court and aristocrats required a vast amount of different bronze vessels for various ceremonial purposes and events of religious divination.
  • With over 200 bronze ritual vessels and 109 inscriptions of Lady Fu Hao's name, archaeologists realized they had stumbled across the tomb of the militant consort to King Wu Ding, as described in 170 to 180 Shang oracle bones.

• Mycenaean Ceramics

  • The Mycenaeans created numerous ceramic vessels of various types and decorated in a variety of styles.
  • The vessels were popular outside of Greece, and the decorated and stylized vessels were often exported and traded around the Mediterranean and have been found in Egypt, Italy, Asia Minor, and Spain.
  • The most popular types of vessels included kraters, large open mouth jars to mix wine and water, pitches, and stirrup jars, which are so named for the handles that came above the top of the vessel.
  • Mycenaean vessels usually had a pale, off-white background and were painted in a single color, either red, brown, or black.
  • Vessels served the purposes of storage, processing, and transfer.

• Bronze under the Zhou Dynasty

  • Zhou art also borrowed heavily from the Shang, and the Zhou practice of casting inscriptions in bronze vessels, as well as the design of the vessels themselves, suggests a direct Shang influence .
  • Wine vessels were used less than sets of ding and food basins called gui.
  • These changes coincided with a time of military instability, and inscriptions on ninth-century B.C. vessels sometimes mention conflicts in the south and east.

• Pottery in the Greek Geometric Period

  • These vessels were only decorated with abstract geometric shapes adopted from Mycenaean pottery.
  • Ceramicists began using the fast wheel to create vessels, which allowed for new monumental heights.
  • In the Geometric period that followed, figures once more became present on the vessel.
  • The vessels were first thrown a wheel, an important technological development at the time, before painting began.
  • In both vessels, men and women are distinguished by protruding triangles on their chest or waist to represent breasts or a penis.

• The Norse

  • They created fast and seaworthy longships that served not only as warring and trading vessels, but also as media for artistic expression and individual design.
  • Other examples of artistic design on Norse ships include the "King" or "Chieftain" vessels that were designated for the wealthier classes.
  • Chieftain ships were distinguishable by the design of the bow of their vessel.
  • Typically, the sides of these vessels were decorated using bright colors and wood-carvings.

• Ceramics in Mesopotamia

  • The earliest clay vessels date to the Chalcolithic Era, which is divided into the Ubaid (5000-4000 BCE) and Uruk (4000-3100 BCE) periods, of Sumer.
  • As such, ceramists could produce pottery more quickly, leading to the mass production of standardized, unpainted styles of vessels.
  • Like Uruk pottery, the surfaces of these objects were left unpainted, although some vessels appear to have a form of abstract reliefs on the surface.
  • The Third Ur Dynasty, better known as Ur III, witnessed the continuation of unpainted ceramic vessels that took a variety of forms.

• Ceramics in the Greek Early Classical Period

  • Apollo and Artemis stand in the center of the vessel as Niobe's children fall to ground around them.
  • His figures also started in the middle of the vase and extended onto the vessel's shoulder, stopping at the neck.
  • The technique is based on the use of paints, instead of slip, to create polychrome vessels.
  • The vessels were first coated in a white slip before various colors of paint were added.
  • Painted vessels were now depicting figures on a two-dimensional plane, with the illusion of three-dimensional space.

• Minoan Painting

  • As the name suggests, the decoration on these vessels take their cue from the sea.
  • The vessels are almost entirely covered with sea creatures such as dolphins, fish, and octopi, along with seaweed, rock, and sponges.
  • The surface of this vessel is covered by the main image; bits of seaweed fill the negative space.

• Sculpture of the Igbo-Ukwu

  • In addition to a variety of ritual vessels, bronze items include pendants, crowns and breastplates, staff ornaments, swords, and fly-whisk handles .