Art of ceramics
on length of the whole its history that number already several millenniums,
was formed in confrontation of two different artistic concepts. On the one side
- it is a trend, gravitating to sculpture and prevalence of value of the form,
with other - a tradition of decorate of surface. The most brightly scramble
of these leaders reveals itself on the most early stage of developments of ceramic
art (in the epoch neolithic - post neolithic age). The most bright samples of
ceramics of given period show us cultures of east Europe and Mediterranean area,
Japanese islands and civilizations of pre-Columbian America. This time rightfully
possible to name a golden age of ceramic art. Plasticity of material enabled
practically not limited creative searching, but its accessibility do a ceramics
of one of the leading areas of artistic searching ancient masters. In this history
period, when ceramics was called to decide the most varied problems, from purely
utilitarian, before cult, struggle between priorities of the form and decor
forced ancient masters to find amazing on its power harmonious decisions. Later,
with the appearance of potter's wheel and displacing the interests of production
to the area of utilitarian, trend of decorate surface practically has displaced
an interest in the form of ceramic products. Thereby, quest of pottery artists
have alterred to the riverbed of picturesque registration of limited kit established
forms.
