Terminology
African Masks
The Potter's Wheel
Pottery, an Art Form
The Mad Potter
100
A pattern used to shape the profile of a piece.
What is template
100
In African culture, Artist are
Highly respected.
100
A wheel that either the assistant or the artist has to turn by hand.
What is the tournette.
100
Who made pottery an "art form"?
Who were the Greeks.
100
What did George Ohr call his pottery?
What is his "mud babies".
200
Clay that is like paste in consistency.
What is slurry.
200
What spirits do traditional African masks symbolize?
People and animals.
200
A wheel that can either be turned by the foot or spun by a stick.
What is the fast-wheel.
200
Where did the protogeometric style and geometric style originate?
What is Athens, Greece.
200
When Ohr did begin to get some recognition for his work, what was it for?
What is his glazing.
300
A support that holds a clay slab in a certain shape until it stiffens.
What is drape mold.
300
Where have most of the authentic, African ceremonial masks been found?
What is Western Africa.
300
The process of applying pressure to a lump of clay on a spinning wheel head to position it for even rotation.
What is centering.
300
A ceramic form that was used for mixing water and wine.
What is a krater.
300
Where did George Ohr live?
What is Biloxi, MS.
400
A flat curved tool made of wood, metal, or plastic used to refine shapes.
What is a rib.
400
What is the name of the mask that sits on the very top of a person's head?
What is Crest Mask.
400
Where did the Potter's Wheel first originate?
What is Mesopotamia.
400
In what style was it a requirement for the whole surface of a pot to be covered with design?
What is geometric style.
400
People from George Ohr's time thought he was what?
What is "mad" or crazy.
500
The process of refining a leather-hard shape with cutting tools.
What is trimming.
500
In African culture, who typically carved and wore the masks?
What is the men.
500
When did civilizations begin using clay to make pottery?
What is 6000 B.C.
500
The amount of decoration on a pot represented what in the Greek culture?
What is the status of a person.
500
A plate is an example of what kind of pottery? (Functional or Sculptural)
What is functional pottery.
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