This page provides a range of information and links to resources on various materials and techniques in ceramics. Jump to a particular category using the contents list below, or scroll down to browse.
Objects, such as pots and vases, made of clay hardened by heat. (MoMA Glossary of Art Terms)
Search the library catalog for books on ceramics at HWC Library
Search library databases (CCC login required):
Search: Pottery techniques in the HWC Library
Search: Hand building pottery > Ancient Maya painted ceramics in the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Search: Throwing pottery at HWC Library
Search: Chinese porcelain: Production and export in smarthistory
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Search: Sculptural ceramics in the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Search: Glaze in the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Search: Chinese porcelain: decoration in smarthistory
