Porcelain and ceramics

What porcelain, faience and ceramics are made of and decorated with: bodies, glazes, painting and factory marks.

Terms in total: 38

Painting 51 What a picture is made of: paints and grounds, ways of laying a stroke, and work with light, colour and layers.Styles and movements 49 The great manners and epochs — from gothic and baroque to cubism and minimalism — and how to recognise them in an object.Genres 22 What a work is about: portrait, landscape, still life, battle scene and other established kinds of subject.Porcelain and ceramics 38 What porcelain, faience and ceramics are made of and decorated with: bodies, glazes, painting and factory marks.Silver and metal 26 Working in metal: chasing, niello, filigree, gilding, enamels and the hallmarks used to read a piece.Sculpture and relief 10 Volume in art: reliefs, cabinet pieces, casting, carving and the poses a figure is built on.Graphic arts and printing 14 Drawing and the printed sheet: engraving, etching, lithography, screen printing and other ways to pull an impression.Decorative and applied arts 35 The beauty of objects: glass and stained glass, mosaic, textile, wood, ornament, lacquer and gilding.Market and collecting 10 How art is sold and collected: the auction, the estimate, the provenance, repetitions and exhibitions.Other 2 Terms that do not reduce to a single technique: perception, light, and the artist working on the viewer’s senses.

Barbotine Technique of Decorative Painting on Porcelain and Faience Biscuit A special kind of unglazed porcelain Vazon (Flower Urn) Decorative porcelain container for flowers Glaze A special technique of treating porcelain surfaces to impart shine and protection Gzhel Gzhel is a unique style of folk art, primarily representing specialized ceramics produced in the eponymous reg Decal (Decalcomania) A technique for creating images by transferring a design Decorative plate Artistic object made of porcelain or faience for interior decoration Delftware Legendary ceramics decorated with cobalt Porcelain Painting Porcelain painting is the art of creating unique decorations on porcelain items. This method allows the artist Imari Traditional Japanese style of porcelain painting Imperial Chinese Porcelain Imperial Chinese porcelain is a unique type of porcelain created for the court and the upper classes of societ Bone China A special type of porcelain distinguished by its composition and translucency Campana Special type of conical porcelain items Ceramics Ceramics is an artistic direction associated with the creation of objects from clay with subsequent firing. Th Cobalt Artistic technique of decoration on porcelain with cobalt-based paints. Craquelure A feature of ceramic and porcelain items Luster A special technique of applying metallic shine to porcelain Plastic Decoration on Porcelain Technique of volumetric ornamentation of porcelain items. Majolica Majolica is a type of ceramics decorated with bright opaque glaze, most often lead-tin. The surface is white, Matte Glaze A special method of coating porcelain or ceramic items Meissen Porcelain Legendary European Porcelain of the 18th Century Miniature on Porcelain An art form of painting on small porcelain surfaces Porcelain Mark System of signs on porcelain items for determining the manufacturer and age Overglaze Painting Special technique of painting on top of glaze on porcelain Tin Glaze Tin glaze is an opaque white coating that appeared in the Middle Ages and changed European ceramics. It contai Underglaze painting Technique of decorating ceramics and porcelain with paints before glaze application Relief on Porcelain A special technique for decorating porcelain items Blue and White Porcelain Blue and White Porcelain is a unique phenomenon that emerged in the 13th–14th centuries. Its distinctive featu Celadon A traditional type of glazed ceramics with a characteristic green hue Terracotta Terracotta is a type of ceramic made from clay, fired at a high temperature, usually in a red-orange color. It Faience Type of ceramic with a porous base Faience Plastic Art A form of decorative and applied art Frit Frit is a special glassy powder used in ceramics to create glaze. At high temperatures, the frit melts, formin Frit porcelain A type of porcelain with added frit for special luster and plasticity Porcelain Porcelain is a high-quality ceramic material made from white clay, quartz, and feldspar. It is easily recogniz Porcelain Figurine An object of decorative and applied art made of porcelain Chamotte Technical Additive and Artistic Technique in Ceramic Art Engobe Engobe is a liquid clay applied to the biscuit of a piece before firing. It is used to smooth the surface and