Tag Archives: Ceramics

1957: Arketex

Posted on August 25, 2020 by corvusfugit

Arketex Ceramics Corporation catalog, 1957.

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1463: Portrait

Posted on January 23, 2018 by corvusfugit

Luca della Robbia: Portrait of a Young Lady (1463)

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3rd Century BC: Dog

Posted on November 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Dog Vessel: Colima, Mexico (200 B.C. – A.D. 500) (source)

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1573: Self-Portrait

Posted on October 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Johan Gregor van der Schardt: Self-portrait (c. 1573)

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600 BC: Life / Death

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Tlatilco Mask (1100-600 BC); the Tlatilco culture flourished in the Valley of Mexico between 1250 and 800 BC.

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1400: Rain God

Posted on September 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

This Mixtec figure from the Middle Post Classic Period (1200-1400) represents a person impersonating a deity—a practice whereby the god would have been brought into the world of human experience. The undersized symbolic weapon and shield, as well as the … Continue reading →