IRAN ART EXHIBITION: TAKE A LOOK AT TWO KINDS OF CERAMICS There are many important differences between traditional ceramics and modern advanced ceramics. These vital differences allow advanced ceramics to withstand very high heat, and make modern advanced ceramics an extremely strong material. Since the invention of traditional ceramics, there have been numerous advancements in […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: WHAT FORMS OF POTTERY DID IRANIAN USE IN ANCIENT TIMES? There can be found no ancient art resulting in a work like pottery making in Iran or an artificial substance like pottery. It’s the product of man’s thought and cheap with its raw material so abundantly accessible in nature. After the period […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: CERAMIC WORKS ARE USED EVEYWHERE IN OUR LIFE You started your morning with ceramics—and they’ll dominate your day. Inside your brick, cement, and glass home, you woke to the quartz clock, washed in the tiled bathroom, breakfasted on pottery cups and bowls. Maybe you worked all day at a computer (packed with […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: PERSIAN POTTERY IN ANCIENT TIMES IN IRAN Some 3,000 years ago, in the area south of the Caspian Sea in what is now modern Iran, craftsmen developed a distinctive type of pottery. This small installation features some of the outstanding treasures in the Sackler Gallery’s collection of ancient Iranian ceramics. It celebrates […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: POTTERY AND CERAMIC MAKING IN IRAN The history of Persian pottery dates back to the 7th millennium BCE, the early Neolithic Age. It was the age of the development of agriculture and mankind learned that by cooking clay he can make cooking utensils and that is when the art of pottery was […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: THE HISTORY OF CERAMIC TILE ART Originating in the Middle East, the earliest evidence of ceramic tile art decorations dates back to Ancient Egypt to around 4,700 BCE. There have been further findings of enamel tiling uncovered in what was Assyria (near ancient Nineveh) and Babylon; these date back to the 7th […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: IRANIAN HANDMADE PRODUCTS ARE NOT JUST A TOOL The first handicrafts were created as a tool to make life easier and gradually became part of the history, culture and art. Handicrafts and artistic handmade products of Iran are the most original, most popular and most applied art in our land. Iran’s handmade […]