Metalworking
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| - | :''[[history of art]]'' | + | '''Metalworking''' is the process of working with [[metal]]s to create individual parts, assemblies, or large scale structures. The term covers a wide range of work from large [[ship]]s and [[bridge]]s to precise [[engine]] parts and delicate [[jewellery]]. It therefore includes a correspondingly wide range of skills, processes, and [[tool]]s. |
| - | In the history of art, '''prehistoric art''' is all [[art]] produced in preliterate, [[prehistory|prehistorical]] cultures beginning somewhere in very late geological history, and generally continuing until that culture either develops writing or other methods of record-keeping, or it makes significant contact with another culture that has. | + | |
| - | The very earliest human artifacts showing evidence of workmanship with an artistic purpose are a subject of some debate; it is clear that such workmanship existed by 40,000 years ago in the [[Upper Palaeolithic]] era. From the Upper Palaeolithic through the [[Mesolithic]], [[cave painting]]s and portable art like [[figurine]]s and [[bead]]s predominated, with decorative figured workings also seen on some utilitarian objects. In the Neolithic evidence of early [[pottery]] appeared, as did [[sculpture]] and the construction of [[megalith]]s. Early [[rock art]] also first appeared in the Neolithic. The advent of [[metalworking]] in the [[Bronze Age]] brought another increase in mediums used for art, an increase in stylistic diversity, and the creation of objects that did not have any obvious function other than art. It also saw the development in some areas of artisans, a class of people specializing in the production of art, as well as [[history of writing|early writing systems]]. By the [[Iron Age]], civilizations with writing had arisen from [[Ancient Egypt]] to [[Ancient China]]. | + | Metalworking is a science, art, hobby, industry and trade. Its historical roots span cultures, civilizations, and millennia. Metalworking has evolved from the discovery of [[smelting]] various [[ore]]s, producing [[malleable]] and [[ductile]] metal useful for tools and adornments. Modern metalworking processes, though diverse and specialized, can be categorized as forming, cutting or joining processes. Today's [[machine shop]] includes a number of [[machine tool]]s capable of creating a precise, useful workpiece. |
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| - | Many indigenous peoples from around the world continued to produce artistics works distinctive to their geographic area and culture, until exploration and commerce brought record-keeping methods to them. Some cultures, notably the [[Maya civilization]], independently developed writing during the time they flourished, which was then later lost. These cultures are generally considered prehistoric, especially if their writing systems have not been deciphered. | + | |
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| + | *[[Metalworking hand tool]]s | ||
| + | *[[National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association]] | ||
| + | *[[List of manufacturing processes]] | ||
| + | *[[List of metalworking occupations]] | ||
| + | *[[Timeline of materials technology]] | ||
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| - | *[[Prehistoric Religion]] | ||
| - | *[[Çatalhüyük]] | ||
| - | *[[Prehistoric music]] | ||
| - | *[[Lepenski Vir]] | ||
| - | *[[Göbekli Tepe]] | ||
| - | *[[Nevali Cori]] | ||
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Metalworking is the process of working with metals to create individual parts, assemblies, or large scale structures. The term covers a wide range of work from large ships and bridges to precise engine parts and delicate jewellery. It therefore includes a correspondingly wide range of skills, processes, and tools.
Metalworking is a science, art, hobby, industry and trade. Its historical roots span cultures, civilizations, and millennia. Metalworking has evolved from the discovery of smelting various ores, producing malleable and ductile metal useful for tools and adornments. Modern metalworking processes, though diverse and specialized, can be categorized as forming, cutting or joining processes. Today's machine shop includes a number of machine tools capable of creating a precise, useful workpiece.
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See also
- Metalworking hand tools
- National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association
- List of manufacturing processes
- List of metalworking occupations
- Timeline of materials technology
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