Ten Thousand Years of Pottery
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (529 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812221400 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. He has written widely on both modern and historical ceramics and has contributed to Pottery in the Making. Emmanuel Cooper is internationally known as a potter, writer, and broadcaster and as the editor of the highly respected and influential magazine Ceramic Review
History of pottery on line shopper Beautiful book, but arrived with wrinkled and torn dust cover. Would like to return for a replacement book, but have lost the packing slip.. Wondeful This is a beautifully illustrated book. The pictures in here are truly inspirational to anyone--not just potters. If you are fan of art, or even just enjoy a good coffee-table book, I highly recommend this one.. Three Stars jan Seems like good info, but hard to read after reading deWaal's work.
Stylistic and technical changes over time reveal a great deal about the societies in which the pottery was made, so that clay vessels serve as essential cultural and dating indicators, as well as objects of individual skill and creativity. The illustrations are drawn from museums, collectors, and practicing potters across the word and offer representative examples of the major styles, materials, and forms of all periods, allowing us to make comparisons and see relationships between the works of potters who may be widely separated in space and time.. Pottery making is one of the oldest and most widespread of human activities, with a history that can be traced back to the Stone Age. This lavishly illustrated and comprehensive account begins with the earliest civilizations of the Near East and Middle East and follows the production of pottery chronologically around the globe, from the Mediterranean and the Orient to the Islamic world and ancient America, from neolithic Britain to the factories of Wedgwood and de Morgan, from contemporary Africa and India to Scandinavia and Australasi
"An essential historical, critical, scholarly, and very highly recommended reference."—Bookwatch