Ceramics Of West Mexico

Ceramics in mexico date back thousands of years before the pre columbian period when ceramic arts and pottery crafts developed with the first advanced civilizations and cultures of mesoamerica with one exception pre hispanic wares were not glazed but rather burnished and painted with colored fine clay slips the potter s wheel was unknown as well.

Ceramics of west mexico.

Jalisco nayarit and colima were the primary sites creating some of the most intriguing and visually stimulating art. If you decide to try collecting yourself a visit to pottery of the southwest gallery will be a learning experience that will launch you into building the collection of your dreams. Ceramics of west mexico chupícuaro is an archaeological culture best known for its beautiful polychrome multi colored ceramics. The exhibition is organized by shape and visitors are invited to contemplate how the form of each vessel informs both practical use and communicates ideas of power identity and belief.

Unknown colima maker west mexico large dog figure 250 bce 250 ce. Vessel explores the relationship between form and function through ancient west mexican ceramics. Political boundaries and political structure. The ancient ceramics of west mexico.

Burnished low fire ceramic earthenware with black and red pigments and manganese oxide residue 11 3 4 x 17 x 8 in. Ceramic figures hm pre columbian west mexico have long been admired for their expressive qualities and by the middle of the twentieth century they became valuable additions to public and private collections worldwide. This paper examines the figural ceramics of cacaxtla tlaxcala mexico particularly the group of architectural decorations known as the once. Crocker art museum gift of the alfred and beatrice stern family 2013 99 1 photo by scott mccue photography.

Jalisco nayarit and colima were the primary sites creating some of the most intriguing and visually stimulating art of the time despite their removal from such infamous groups as the aztec. Naguals mythical shape shifters often portrayed on west mexico ceramics. The ceramics of west mexico were very different from contemporary civilizations. The limits of the teuchitlan tradition pdf.

It sits on the hills above the river lerma and its tributary coroneo or tiger river about seven. The gallery specializes in authentic hand coiled historic and contemporary southwest indian pueblo pottery. Chupícuaro s main archaeological site is located in the north central mexican state of guanajuato. Curated by unlv alumni and museum staff paige bockman m a.