Chinese Islamic And Italian Ceramics

Which artwork is an example of italian renaissance art.

Chinese islamic and italian ceramics.

In addition examples of decorative arts from the islamic world such as iznik tiles and indian miniature paintings are on offer. It was islamic potters who created the blue on white aesthetic that had a long lasting influence on the production of chinese export porcelain and in turn ceramic production in europe. Central asian styles were brought in with various nomadic incursions. Italian artists taught islamic artists the secret of making porcelain.

Time and again we find that imports of chinese wares act as catalysts bringing a profound change in the islamic ceramics through the enterprise of the potters as they tried first to copy and then to make their own the ideas that arrived on their doorstep. Plate dated 1600s egypt or iran. In the ninth century in was the t ang white wares that pushed the iraqi potters into. And chinese influences had a formative effect on islamic painting pottery and textiles.

Medieval islamic pottery occupied a geographical position between chinese ceramics then the unchallenged leaders of eurasian production and the pottery of the byzantine empire and europe. This plate in the aga khan museum s collection imitates chinese ceramics. European potters in time learned to create maiolica delftware and faience directly from the islamic world. For most of the period it can fairly be said to have been between the two in terms of aesthetic achievement and influence as well borrowing from china and exporting to and influencing byzantium and europe.

Italian artists learned to use the islamic technique of putting white glaze over clay then adding decoration. Guest gray also have a large collection of european ceramics including meissen italian maiolica dutch delft and english delft as well as examples of hispano moresque faience and westerwald. Islamic art was influenced by greek roman early christian and byzantine art styles as well as the sassanian art of pre islamic persia. The blue and white chinese porcelain in particular had a decisive influence on islamic techniques and decorations until modern time inspiring the blue under glaze painting that was invented by persian artisans.

Chinese pottery was the object of gift making in islamic lands.