Pottery and P Guide - Resources and Review

Annotated links to selected Internet resources covering crafts, ceramics, metals, and textiles.
 
A collection of over 52,000 images which are free for educational use by the UK higher education community. The collection comprises images of textiles, paintings, ceramics, metalwork, Chinese and Japanese art, Indian art, furniture, glass, photography, sculpture, costume, theatre and manuscripts, Picture Post magazine images (covering social history in Britain from 1938 to 1957), six areas of British history (the Irish troubles, history of sport, women's history, development of the mass media, UK politicians and Labour history), with editorial input from academics, journalists and archivists, and images from the James Valentine collection (a postcard archive of photography over the past 100 years), plus items from the George Cowie and Robert Adam photographic collections.
 
Includes databases of glaze recipes and material analyses, links to other ceramics web sites, health and safety information, and a variety of educational materials related to ceramics.
 
Set of chemical data for the composition of Italian, Aegean, European, American and African pottery from a number of excavation sites.
 
Project to establish a national database of collections of prehistoric pottery.
 
Offers original articles and features about ceramic arts, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources compiled by a subject specialist, a subject
specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include techniques and virtual ceramics.
 
Support services, resources and a free glaze calculator which can be downloaded.
 
Short article on Anglo
Saxon and Viking use of various types of pottery for producing domestic implements and tools.
 
An interactive multimedia digital library for teaching and research designed to expand the ways in which ancient Greek literature, art and archaeology can be examined. The full text collection of Greek and Latin literature includes Julius Caesar, Cicero, Ovid, Vergil, Aeschylus, Aristotle, Euripides, Homer, Plato and Sophocles.
 
Links to numerous annotated and evaluated online resources relevant to polymers, ceramics and composites.
 
Pottery news and information, publications and literature showcase.
 
Illustrated ceramic history. Headings include Clay and Process, The Studio Pot, European Influences: Lucie Rie and Hans Coper, Art Schools, Function in Studio Pottery, Necessary and Unnecessary Pots.
 
Information, news and events for those with an interest in the pottery vessels that were made, traded and used in Britain and Europe between the end of the Roman period and the 16th century.
 
ArtScape is a dynamic online resource for artists and art lovers alike. The aim is to make contemporary art available to the public in a manner which is accessible as well as educational. Headings include ceramics, digital art, mixed media, painting, photography and sculpture.
 
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