Impasto (ceramic style)

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Impasto is the modern term for a type of ceramics of the middle and late bronze (Apennine and Sub-Apennine culture) and the Iron Age ( Villanova culture , Etruscan culture , Laziale culture) in Italy . The vessels are made of poorly fired, uncleaned clay and were formed without the use of a potter's wheel . The addition of leaning agents(hence the name Impasto = mixture) secured the strength of the workpieces with the still simple firing methods, without the possibility of oxidation and reduction regulation. Impasto ceramic is often thick-walled, has variations in shape and color, and has irregularities.

literature

  • Huberta Heres , Max Kunze (ed.): The world of the Etruscans. Archaeological monuments from museums of the socialist countries. Exhibition catalog Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, capital of the GDR - Old Museum from October 4 to December 30, 1988. Berlin 1988, p. 33.
  • Roald Docter: Impasto. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 5, Metzler, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-476-01475-4 , Sp. 952 f.