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Malaysian ceramic art: a study on styles (1959-2009) / Tajul Ariffin Adam

This research is a historical study that intends to trace the development of style, identify the factors that influence the style and finally to determine the national identifiable style of ceramic art in Malaysian from 1959-2009. Fourty-three ceramic artworks of thirty-five Malaysian ceramic artist...

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Main Author: Adam, Tajul Ariffin
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Interior decoration. House decoration
Ceramics
Malaysia
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43241/1/43241.pdf
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43241/
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spelling my.uitm.ir.432412022-03-22T08:56:06Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43241/ Malaysian ceramic art: a study on styles (1959-2009) / Tajul Ariffin Adam Adam, Tajul Ariffin Interior decoration. House decoration Ceramics Malaysia This research is a historical study that intends to trace the development of style, identify the factors that influence the style and finally to determine the national identifiable style of ceramic art in Malaysian from 1959-2009. Fourty-three ceramic artworks of thirty-five Malaysian ceramic artists were selected as samples. The Theory of style by Schapiro and Ackerman who stated that style refers to the formal qualities and visual characteristics of a piece of art was chosen as the basis to understand the concept of style. Four stages of art criticism; description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation by Edmund.B.Feldman were chosen as a tool to analyze each work formally and contextually. The national identifiable style determined was that Malaysian ceramic artists focus on element of form and principle of balance in designing their artworks. They prefer local clay as the main material although there are other alternatives. The typical pottery method, the wheel throwing was still the most popular method of forming artwork. The works were decorated with the application of on-glaze technique and electric kiln was used throughout the decade.Most of the ceramic forms are non-utilitarian vessel form.Man-made objects inspired the artists the most.The subject matters were simplified and most of the final works were presented in abstract manner.Overall result shows that the artists purpose of producing ceramic artwork were mostly for personal expression.Although there are several factors that influence artists style, the western art and culture were evident to be the most effective influences to form an identifiable style of Malaysian ceramic art from 1959 to 2009. 2011 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43241/1/43241.pdf ID43241 Adam, Tajul Ariffin (2011) Malaysian ceramic art: a study on styles (1959-2009) / Tajul Ariffin Adam. PhD thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
institution Universiti Teknologi Mara
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topic Interior decoration. House decoration
Ceramics
Malaysia
spellingShingle Interior decoration. House decoration
Ceramics
Malaysia
Adam, Tajul Ariffin
Malaysian ceramic art: a study on styles (1959-2009) / Tajul Ariffin Adam
description This research is a historical study that intends to trace the development of style, identify the factors that influence the style and finally to determine the national identifiable style of ceramic art in Malaysian from 1959-2009. Fourty-three ceramic artworks of thirty-five Malaysian ceramic artists were selected as samples. The Theory of style by Schapiro and Ackerman who stated that style refers to the formal qualities and visual characteristics of a piece of art was chosen as the basis to understand the concept of style. Four stages of art criticism; description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation by Edmund.B.Feldman were chosen as a tool to analyze each work formally and contextually. The national identifiable style determined was that Malaysian ceramic artists focus on element of form and principle of balance in designing their artworks. They prefer local clay as the main material although there are other alternatives. The typical pottery method, the wheel throwing was still the most popular method of forming artwork. The works were decorated with the application of on-glaze technique and electric kiln was used throughout the decade.Most of the ceramic forms are non-utilitarian vessel form.Man-made objects inspired the artists the most.The subject matters were simplified and most of the final works were presented in abstract manner.Overall result shows that the artists purpose of producing ceramic artwork were mostly for personal expression.Although there are several factors that influence artists style, the western art and culture were evident to be the most effective influences to form an identifiable style of Malaysian ceramic art from 1959 to 2009.
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title Malaysian ceramic art: a study on styles (1959-2009) / Tajul Ariffin Adam
title_short Malaysian ceramic art: a study on styles (1959-2009) / Tajul Ariffin Adam
title_full Malaysian ceramic art: a study on styles (1959-2009) / Tajul Ariffin Adam
title_fullStr Malaysian ceramic art: a study on styles (1959-2009) / Tajul Ariffin Adam
title_full_unstemmed Malaysian ceramic art: a study on styles (1959-2009) / Tajul Ariffin Adam
title_sort malaysian ceramic art: a study on styles (1959-2009) / tajul ariffin adam
publishDate 2011
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43241/1/43241.pdf
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