The pottery of Neolithic and Bronze era China have inspired many artists over the centuries since it was first created, but none to such a controversial degree as the work of Ai Weiwei. Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist who has risen to the apex of the international art scene with his thought-provoking social commentaries. …
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Gansu Jars of Neolithic China
Neolithic culture is a period that begins worldwide about 8000 bce and is defined by humanities move from hunter-gather culture to settled agriculture centered around small villages. Important innovations and technology of the time were stone tools and the regular manufacture and use of pottery. It is in fact through pots and fired ceramic objects …