#terracotta artwork

[skf-fineart]

“Sculptural Group of a Seated Poet and Sirens,” Greek, 350–300 BC; terra cotta with ploychromy, also known as “Orpheus and the Sirens.”

J. Paul Getty Museum

The three figures were acquired by Getty himself in 1976.

[webrelic]

Myriam Eykens (2015)

[thesilicontribesman]

Roman Mask Of A High Class Mistress, Lipari, Italy, 325 to 300 BCE, Kelvingrove Museum and Galleries, Glasgow

[fromthedust]

Votive offerings made from terracotta, marble, and sometimes bronze were left at healing sanctuaries and other religious sites as offerings to gods such as Asclepius (Latin Aesculapius), the Greco-Roman god of medicine. They were intended either to indicate the part of the body that needed help or as thanks for a cure.  Although the practice originated in earlier cultures, the votive offerings became very popular in Roman times – particularly between the 400s and 100s BCE. A large range of different votive body parts were made and offered up in their thousands. Anatomical votive offerings are particularly striking, as we can discern their specific functions and the hopes held by those who offered them. Many of them were clay-baked within a mold, allowing for easy and inexpensive mass production. As a result, they were widely used objects that were used by ordinary people.

With the official institution of Christianity in the Roman Empire came the need to transfer ancient pagan traditions to a Christian context. Votive offerings therefore began to be used in Christian settings instead of pagan sanctuaries. By the Medieval period, anatomical votive offerings continued to be widespread. Christian shrines across Europe saw both locals and pilgrims depositing ex-votos in the shapes of body parts. Wax votive offerings in the shape of body parts are still regularly produced to be left in Christian shrines.  Renaissance votive offerings also often took the form of painted panels depicting scenes of accidents or illnesses with saintly intercession.

The fact that the tradition has continued in popular devotion up to the Modern period shows the power that painted votive offerings undeniably have for the faithful.

Votive offerings are incredibly diverse and wide-ranging, spanning through the history of art. 

breasts - terracotta - Corinth

breasts of Astarte - marble - Canaanite

breast - terracotta

uterus (two views) - terracotta

uterus, breast, ear, eye - terracotta

vulva - terracotta - Etrusco-Roman - 200 BCE-200 CE

arm, foot, uterus, ears, eye - terracotta

hair - marble, probably Roman, 200 BCE-400 CE

hair/scalps - terracotta & painted terracotta - Roman - 200 BCE-200 CE

group of marble votives - Greek

[smolartdork]

New oc just dropped! I just really wanted to make a chanchito gijinka (if this even counts as a gijinka). Anyway I’m really proud of this idea she’s such a cutie patootie.

[druidofsuburbs]

Waiting for the Market to Open. 18"x12" acrylic on paper. 2018

[apple-pie-1]

2023 ceramic piece: Orca’s eye

[pipbooy]

[lunalostdraws]

Creatuanary Challenge Terracotta Winged Guardian A winged guardian made of terracotta at his post.

[htfmetsy]

[skf-fineart]

Lead-Glazed Head Kantharo

1st century B.C., Terracotta

Likinnios, (Hellenistic, Greek, active 100 - 1 B.C.)

[e114-6i11]

𝒟ℯ𝒶𝒹𝓁𝓎 𝒲ℴ𝓇𝒹𝓈

[fromthedust]

peplos fragment - terracotta - Greece - 5th century BCE

[tdoesart]

Abstract stuff…love me some hands and long necks >:]

[druidofsuburbs]

Journeys of a little, fragile friend in a big and unfamiliar world

[drawwithaditi]

Trishna (Craving), my terracotta sculpture.