A research on human body symbols as a meansof expressi?on for contemporary ceramic(s) art

This research has been tried to be evaluated with the usage of the symbols of human body on ceramics and the works of contemporary ceramic artists.The images that were drawn on the cave walls by the primitive men in the prehistoric ages emerged as the products of a symbolic quest. These symbolic expressions, together with the impressions taken from the nature by men, generated the basis of art. In this regard, humans, upon using their minds, emotions, and thoughts while interacting their surroundings, started using the symbols that were born out of this unity on every field of life. A human that starts thinking symbolically discovers his body and then other bodies. Sensing, learning and shaping it can only be achieved by getting to know it ideally. In a sense, the conception of expressing the emotions and thoughts via symbols is a necessity for humans. Humans that achieve to think symbolically also have the ability to use symbols on transmitting their emotions and thoughts while concreting what is abstract.The body points out to a certain time period, social functioning and area. This is the reason why the human body symbols are the oldest and most universal ones. Human and also becomes a field in which the life turns concrete since it contains life, death and sexuality. The human and human being that has procured this concretization made the human body more legible by using symbols. With regards to symbolically articulating the human and certain parts of human body and getting to know their meanings and their periodical features, works of contemporary ceramic artists are essential in order to be able to gain new tendencies and perspectives.Key Words: Art, Ceramic, Symbol, Human Body