Welcome to your Madeira Ceramic Art Class Wiki Page: All additional class information will be listed here for you to use.
Please use this page along with your new Text, “Experience Clay”, to fully integrate our new "Hybrid Blended" Learning environment which is a new concept for this ceramic studio art class. Each student of this class is required to:
spend time online reading and writing (responding to discussion questions)
explore online and library resources
exchange ideas with classmates and
discover independently online and print resources of ceramic arts.
Students will be responsible for all materials (online) and to manage their study time wisely.
The Ceramic Arts Daily link (below) takes you to the Ceramic Arts web page for you to view online videos and learn new techniques to try in class. Please view on line videos on a regular basis and write your thoughts down to be shared in class on a weekly basis. Ceramic Arts Daily www.ceramicartsdaily.org Read text- pages 3 through 21 View image (fig.1-5) shown on page 5 of text, then discuss the following questions online: (due Friday, March 11 , 2011 end of class day) Discussion Questions (online discussion) listed below: Ø What are the possible symbolic meanings? Ø What forming methods did the artist use? Ø What embellishments have symmetrical design? Ø Do they match symmetry of the human body? Ø Imagine without adornments, does the figure express the same sense of dignity, endurance and calm? Ø Speculate why clay has been used as an art material since the earliest times.
Be prepared with answers to the following unit review questions (hard copy) for face to face (F2F) class room discussion. This unit review will be due Friday March 11 , 2011, (end of class period). This review will be worth 25 quiz points! Unit Review Questions Ø List four basic techniques for forming clay. Ø Explain why it is important for potters to control the temperature and rate of heating when firing a clay work. Ø Study the image of the Stirrup Vessel on page 8. Describe how the form and decoration might have been constructed. Ø How are comic books similar to the painted scenes of classical Greek, Moche, and Mayan pottery? Ø Consider the processes of Greek black- figure and red- figure painting. Which method would you chose for decorating a pot. Explain? Ø Consider the processes of Greek black- figure and red- figure painting. Which method would you chose for decorating a pot. Explain?
The Ceramic Arts Daily link (below) takes you to the Ceramic Arts web page for you to view online videos and learn new techniques to try in class. Ceramic Arts Daily
All additional class information will be listed here for you to use.
Please use this page along with your new Text, “Experience Clay”, to fully integrate our new "Hybrid Blended" Learning environment which is a new concept for this ceramic studio art class. Each student of this class is required to:
Students will be responsible for all materials (online) and to manage their study time wisely.
These pages have been developed to aid you in the understanding, exploration and the development of your skills in the ceramic arts.
All additional information will be listed here for you to study and research for our ceramic class. Please complete work on your own, if you have any difficulty please contact teacher, (Ms. Mattox) not your classmates.
Please use this page along with your new Text- “Experience Clay”
Chapter One- Introduction to Clay, Pages 3 through 21
The following links will provide you with access to information relating the readings in your text:
Indus Valley figurines: www.harappa.com/figurines/1.htlm
Egyptian hippopotamus statures: www.khm.at/system2E.html?/staticE/page603.html
The Louvre: www.louvre.fr/anglais/collec/ae/e5886/ae_f.htm
The Met: www.metmuseum.org/collections/view1.asp?dep=10&full=o&item=17%2E9%2E1.
Encarta” www.pantheondecori.it/history.htm
The Ceramic Arts Daily link (below) takes you to the Ceramic Arts web page for you to view online videos and learn new techniques to try in class. Please view on line videos on a regular basis and write your thoughts down to be shared in class on a weekly basis.
Ceramic Arts Daily
www.ceramicartsdaily.org
Read text- pages 3 through 21
View image (fig.1-5) shown on page 5 of text, then discuss the following questions online: (due Friday, March 11 , 2011 end of class day)
Discussion Questions (online discussion) listed below:
Ø What are the possible symbolic meanings?
Ø What forming methods did the artist use?
Ø What embellishments have symmetrical design?
Ø Do they match symmetry of the human body?
Ø Imagine without adornments, does the figure express the same sense of dignity, endurance and calm?
Ø Speculate why clay has been used as an art material since the earliest times.
Be prepared with answers to the following unit review questions (hard copy) for face to face (F2F) class room discussion. This unit review will be due Friday March 11 , 2011, (end of class period).
This review will be worth 25 quiz points!
Unit Review Questions
Ø List four basic techniques for forming clay.
Ø Explain why it is important for potters to control the temperature and rate of heating when firing a clay work.
Ø Study the image of the Stirrup Vessel on page 8. Describe how the form and decoration might have been constructed.
Ø How are comic books similar to the painted scenes of classical Greek, Moche, and Mayan pottery?
Ø Consider the processes of Greek black- figure and red- figure painting. Which method would you chose for decorating a pot. Explain?
Ø Consider the processes of Greek black- figure and red- figure painting. Which method would you chose for decorating a pot. Explain?
The Ceramic Arts Daily link (below) takes you to the Ceramic Arts web page for you to view online videos and learn new techniques to try in class.
Ceramic Arts Daily