| dc.description.abstract | Ceramics have been around for a long time, however unlike painting or sculptures, it is only recently that ceramics have been seen as a form of art in which people show their creativity instead of just a practical material to make household items. Ceramics was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. The Yingge Ceramics Museum was established in 2000. This thesis focuses on the development of ceramics, the transformation of ceramics from an industry to an art, and the new direction ceramics has taken after the establishment of the Yingge Ceramics Museum.
Ceramics were originally just used in Taiwan as household items. After the Nationalist Government moved to Taiwan, it steered toward becoming a traditional art form, rather than just an industry and started to export ceramics worldwide. Although ceramics can be made into practical items, it is their artistic value that has taken precedence in recent years. The end of the 1980s saw Taiwanese ceramics transform from mere craft art to fine art, however it still retains elements of traditional Chinese craft art.
In 1982, Japanese modern ceramics impacted on the Taiwanese ceramic industry, causing artisans to rethink the way ceramics are displayed. As the public began paying more attention to ceramics, the industry took off and made the forming of the Yingge Ceramics Museum a possibility. The transformation of the ceramic industry in the 1980s and 1990s shifted it more toward modern art. In 2000, the Yingge Ceramics Museum not only focuses on ceramics as art, it also helps local industries. While ceramics as an art is flourishing, the ceramic as an industry is on the decline. More attention needs to be paid to the development of ceramic art and cooperation with local cultural industries.
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