glazed

(adjective)

Having a vitreous coating whose primary purposes are decoration or protection.

Related Terms

  • ziggurat
  • aurochs

Examples of glazed in the following topics:

  • Ceramics under the Song Dynasty

    • The making of glazed and translucent porcelain and celadon wares with complex use of enamels was highly developed during the Song period, with Longquan celadon wares being particularly popular.
    • Southern Song celadons display the greatest variety of shape and glaze color, and Japanese tea masters and collectors have treasured examples with a decidedly bluish glaze which they have termed kinutaseiji.
    • Left item: A Northern Song qingbai-ware vase with a transparent blue-toned ceramic glaze, from Jingdezhen, 11th century.
    • Center item: A Northern or Southern Song qingbai-ware bowl with incised lotus decorations, a metal rim, and a transparent blue-toned glaze, from Jingdezhen, 12th or 13th century; Right item: A Southern Song miniature model of a granary with removable top lid and doorway, qingbai porcelain with transparent blue-toned glaze, Jingdezhen, 13th century.
    • The making of glazed and translucent porcelain and celadon wares with complex use of enamels was developed further during the Song period.
  • Islamic Ceramics

    • Early pottery had usually been unglazed, but a tin-opacified glazing technique was developed by Islamic potters.
    • The first Islamic opaque glazes can be found as blue-painted ware in Basra, dating to around the 8th century.
    • Lusterware is a type of pottery or porcelain having an iridescent metallic glaze.
    • The style introduced two ceramic techniques to Europe: glazing with an opaque white tin-glaze and painting in metallic lusters.
    • Discuss how developments such as tin-opacified glazing and stonepaste ceramics made Islamic ceramics some of the most advanced of its time.
  • Ceramics

    • Because it is quite porous, it must usually be glazed in order to be watertight.
    • Glaze is a glassy coating on pottery, the primary purposes of which are decoration and protection.
    • One important use of glaze is to render porous pottery vessels impermeable to water and other liquids.
    • Glaze may be applied by dusting the unfired composition over the ware or by spraying, dipping, trailing or brushing on a thin slurry composed of the unfired glaze and water.
    • The color of a glaze before it has been fired may be significantly different than afterwards.
  • Joseon Ceramics

    • Celadon, white porcelain, and storage pottery were similar but with slight variations in glazes, incision designs, florality, and weight.
    • The influence of the Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in blue and white wares using cobalt-blue glazes could be seen in Joseon pottery, but Joseon work tended to lack the pthalo blue range and the three-dimensional glassine color depth of Ming Dynasty Chinese works.
    • The form most often seen was that of pear-shaped bottles; also notable were thinner glazes and colorless glazes for buncheong or stoneware.
    • Over time, the wares began to assume more traditional Korean glazes and more specific designs to meet regional needs.
  • Neo-Babylonia

    • It was constructed in 575 BC by order of Nebuchadnezzar II, using glazed brick with alternating rows of bas-relief dragons and aurochs.
    • Babylon's Processional Way, which was lined with brilliantly colorful glazed brick walls decorated with lions, ran through the middle of the gate.
    • Other parts of the gate, which include glazed brick lions and dragons, are housed in different museums around the world.
    • A prominent characteristic of Neo-Babylonian art and architecture was the use of brilliantly colorful glazed bricks.
  • The Decorative Arts under the Ming Dynasty

    • In the decorative arts, carved designs in lacquerwares and designs glazed onto porcelain wares displayed intricate scenes similar in complexity to those in painting.
    • Carved designs in lacquerwares and designs glazed onto porcelain wares displayed intricate scenes similar in complexity to those in painting.
  • Atmospheric Perspective

    • Oil paint was used to produce a hazy effect by glazing, much like the eye interacting with objects in the distance.
  • Tempera

    • The medium is traditionally applied in successive thin, semi-transparent layers called glazes.
  • The Second Generation

    • The work of Bosch often exhibits visible brush strokes, a factor that is in direct opposition to the style of the Flemish school, which sought to conceal the brush with numerous layers of paint and glaze.
    • The work of Bosch often exhibits visible brush strokes, a factor that is in direct opposition to the style of the Flemish school, which sought to conceal the brush with numerous layers of paint and glaze.
  • Norman Stained Glass

    • The lower part of the window, showing scenes from the Infancy of Christ, dates from the main glazing campaign around 1225.
    • Unlike the earlier Romanesque windows, the 13th-century glazing program in the upper parts of the choir is largely intact.
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