Tearracota a type of earthenware, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic uses include vessels (notably flower pots), water and waste water pipes, bricks, and surface embellishment in building construction, along with sculpture such as the Terracotta Army and Greek terracotta figurines. The term is also used to refer to items made out of this material and to its natural, brownish orange color, which varies considerably. In archaeology and art history, "terracotta" is often used of objects not made on a potter's wheel, such as figurines, where objects made on the wheel from the same material, possibly even by the same person, are called pottery; the choice of term depending on the type of object rather than the material
Ife terracotta works constitute a large and varied corpus that encompasses sculptures and vessels depicting human, animal, and other-worldly subjects. These works alter in dimensions from almost lifedimensions, full-length figures to minute figurines only six inches high, and range naturalism to abstract forms. The original use of these works is unclear. Terracottas are usually affiliated with shrines but most of these parts have been discovered in secondary sites where they have been integrated into contemporary ritual, making it tough to understand their initial function. Works found both near and far from the centrally located castle suggest that the art objects were utilised not just by royalty but by a broad kind of persons for varied purposes. amidst the numerous objects discovered are terracotta lids depicting animals that appear to have been divined to supply a lasting recollection of a successful ceremonial.
From the point of view of the cultural history of Africa, Ile-Ife was an early centre of urban tradition. The dynasty of Oduduwa and other predynastic system before it centered on the Obatala, Orisa Nla are within a time span of one thousand years or more.
The art of Ife combines terracotta, bronze and stone sculptures; these are done in life sizes or naturalistic styles.
The Ife terracuttas represents kings, Queens and commoners (even criminal and victims of human sacrifices) all these are date to between 900AD and 1400AD. As in Nok terracottas which depict animals (rams, elephants, hippos), articulation of beauty through body and facial markings, dress for the body and depiction of kingly crowns bracelets and emblems of royal and cultural authority.
Ife goes beyond its terracotta’s medium the copper, brass/bronze tradition of metal casting by the lost – wax or cire-perdue method has received extensive publicity.
Also prominent among Ife corpus is the stone sculptures. These include obelisks, representations of humans and fish, stools and enigmatic of cult objects, the Ife stone sculpture has northern dimensions especially in the little studied collections from Esure, some 100km. south of north-east of Ile-Ife sculpture have very important extensions in relation to arts of Benin and Owo.
The art-historical importance of Ife works lies in their highly evolved and characteristic sculptural method, described alternately as naturalistic, portraitlike, and humanistic. These encompass human heads and figures depicting idealized crowned royalty and their assistants, as well as images of unhealthy, deformed, or captive individuals. The carefully rendered upright facial striations that emerge on numerous of the sculptures may represent scarification patterns.
The naturalistic method was developed first in terracotta and subsequently transferred to other newspapers. In addition to the large body of terracotta works is a much smaller number of copper and brass heads and full-body figurines, encompassing the unique seated figure of a man found in the village of Tada. In Yoruba tradition, women are the clayworkers. They make both sacred and secular pieces and may have been the creators of the archaeological terracottas. Men are conventionally the sculptors of pebble, steel, and timber. The production of bronze cast works, engaging both terracotta and metalworking, may have been collaborative efforts.
Ife terracotta works constitute a large and varied corpus that encompasses sculptures and vessels depicting human, animal, and other-worldly subjects. These works alter in dimensions from almost lifedimensions, full-length figures to minute figurines only six inches high, and range naturalism to abstract forms. The original use of these works is unclear. Terracottas are usually affiliated with shrines but most of these parts have been discovered in secondary sites where they have been integrated into contemporary ritual, making it tough to understand their initial function. Works found both near and far from the centrally located castle suggest that the art objects were utilised not just by royalty but by a broad kind of persons for varied purposes. amidst the numerous objects discovered are terracotta lids depicting animals that appear to have been divined to supply a lasting recollection of a successful ceremonial.
From the point of view of the cultural history of Africa, Ile-Ife was an early centre of urban tradition. The dynasty of Oduduwa and other predynastic system before it centered on the Obatala, Orisa Nla are within a time span of one thousand years or more.
The art of Ife combines terracotta, bronze and stone sculptures; these are done in life sizes or naturalistic styles.
The Ife terracuttas represents kings, Queens and commoners (even criminal and victims of human sacrifices) all these are date to between 900AD and 1400AD. As in Nok terracottas which depict animals (rams, elephants, hippos), articulation of beauty through body and facial markings, dress for the body and depiction of kingly crowns bracelets and emblems of royal and cultural authority.
Ife goes beyond its terracotta’s medium the copper, brass/bronze tradition of metal casting by the lost – wax or cire-perdue method has received extensive publicity.
Also prominent among Ife corpus is the stone sculptures. These include obelisks, representations of humans and fish, stools and enigmatic of cult objects, the Ife stone sculpture has northern dimensions especially in the little studied collections from Esure, some 100km. south of north-east of Ile-Ife sculpture have very important extensions in relation to arts of Benin and Owo.
The art-historical importance of Ife works lies in their highly evolved and characteristic sculptural method, described alternately as naturalistic, portraitlike, and humanistic. These encompass human heads and figures depicting idealized crowned royalty and their assistants, as well as images of unhealthy, deformed, or captive individuals. The carefully rendered upright facial striations that emerge on numerous of the sculptures may represent scarification patterns.
The naturalistic method was developed first in terracotta and subsequently transferred to other newspapers. In addition to the large body of terracotta works is a much smaller number of copper and brass heads and full-body figurines, encompassing the unique seated figure of a man found in the village of Tada. In Yoruba tradition, women are the clayworkers. They make both sacred and secular pieces and may have been the creators of the archaeological terracottas. Men are conventionally the sculptors of pebble, steel, and timber. The production of bronze cast works, engaging both terracotta and metalworking, may have been collaborative efforts.
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