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ottery expo.("Targul Olarilor" @ Sibiu, September 2009) took place in the Big Plaza, already at the 43th edition. This year were presented more than 100 craftsmans in the ancient preserved pottery art. The multitude of colors and a good light allowed some shoots ment to immortalize a thousand years art. Interesting enough, the extended replicas of Cucuteni culture added the special ancient wind of the expo.

"Most characteristic of this culture is its ceramics, probably fashioned with the aid of a primitive potter's wheel, and painted in a particular fashion. The decorations, at the beginning made up of incisions and grooves, later became monochromic then two-tone or tricolor, black, white and red.

The lithic tools of bone and horn were rich and varied. In sculpture, their anthropomorphic figures were richly decorated, first with linear engravings and later painted motifs. Female figures dominate."  - Gouv.fr

"The Cucuteni-Trypillia culture has been called the first urban culture in Europe. The Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements were usually located on a plateau, fortified with earthworks and ditches. The earliest villages consisted of ten to fifteen households. In their heyday, settlements expanded to include several hundred large adobe huts, sometimes with two stories. These houses were typically warmed by an oven and had round windows. The huts had furnaces used to create pottery, which the Cucuteni-Trypillians are most known for." - Wikipedia.

Pottery art from Cucuteni to Corund

 

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Corund (or Korond) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania, it acts as the centre of the "Salt-region" (hun: Sóvidék), and is famous for its porcelain and pottery. Among Horezu are the most known nowadays pottery art traditions keepers. Congratulations!