In the Neolithic Age, people invented the technology of burning pottery, and the farming culture was relatively fixed. There were relatively developed pottery in Guanzhong area during the old Guantai culture period around 6000 BC, and a few of them were decorated with wide ribbons at the mouth, which was the bud of painted pottery.
In 5000 BC, many exquisite painted pottery were found in Yangshao cultural site in banpo village, Xi 'an, which shows that during Banpo period, people have been able to control the kiln temperature skillfully and the painting art has reached a high level.
The shapes of painted pottery are basically daily necessities, such as pots, bottles, cans, urns, pots, pots and so on. And it is hard to see any other special uses in appearance. In Yangshao cultural site, two cases of reasonable burial of cinerary casket children were found. A small hole was opened in the urn, which expressed the primitive man's desire for regeneration.
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The early decorative patterns of Banpo painted pottery are mostly scattered compositions. That is to say, in the shape of a device, decoration often occupies only a small part of the surface of the device, and the pattern is generally the reproduction of natural form. The image of Banpo decorative pattern is lovely, which shows the innocence of human childhood and the cordial relationship with nature. If you appreciate it carefully, you can feel the integration of man and nature, which can be said to be a record of the original life of Banpo people.
Decorative images mainly depict animals that people came into contact with at that time, including running deer, fish pattern, face pattern, frog pattern, bird pattern, pig pattern and patterns composed of two or three of the above patterns. There are also some simple patterns such as broken lines, triangles, meshes and so on.
There are a large number of geometric patterns in painted pottery, which is not only the continuation and change of patterns such as woven fabric printing, fishing net, water vortex and leaves in early pottery, but also the surging inner music and visual expression of primitive people.
People can express their sense of rhythm, such as action, balance, repetition and strength, with a brush, which is undoubtedly a magical creation. The animal and plant modeling in painted pottery is generally summarized by geometric figures, which shows the superb level of freehand brushwork in painted pottery art.
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