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Caltagirone Ceramics
The ''Ceramica di Caltagirone'' is a type of ceramics made in Caltagirone, in Sicily. This pottery is one of the most documented and stylistically varied, as well as one of the best known in the world. His historical knowledge is based on recent research carried out in the context of the creation of the '' Museum of Ceramics '', first at the local School of Ceramics and then at its own headquarters under the aegis of Italian Republic and Sicily , Sicily Region. Caltagirone has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. History The archaeological data obtained in the excavations carried out by Paolo Orsi in the area of Caltagirone confirm what the Jesuit Giampaolo Chiarandà wrote in passing in his history of the city of Piazza Armerina. There the art of ceramics had preceded Arab Sicily and was practiced "by many potters". The reasons why Caltagirone pottery had a significant boost in the Middle Ages are not only in the quality of clays, but also in the immense nearby wood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceramics
A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain, and brick. The earliest ceramics made by humans were fired clay bricks used for building house walls and other structures. Other pottery objects such as pots, vessels, vases and figurines were made from clay, either by itself or mixed with other materials like silica, hardened by sintering in fire. Later, ceramics were glazed and fired to create smooth, colored surfaces, decreasing porosity through the use of glassy, amorphous ceramic coatings on top of the crystalline ceramic substrates. Ceramics now include domestic, industrial, and building products, as well as a wide range of materials developed for use in advanced ceramic engineering, such as semiconductors. The word '' ceramic'' comes from the Ancient Greek word (), mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
