The Potter's Art: A Complete History of Pottery in Britain

Author:   Garth Clark
Publisher:   Phaidon Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9780714832029


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   15 June 1995
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Author:   Garth Clark
Publisher:   Phaidon Press Ltd
Imprint:   Phaidon Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 25.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 29.00cm
Weight:   1.890kg
ISBN:  

9780714832029


ISBN 10:   0714832022
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   15 June 1995
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Part 1 The peasant potter: the archaic tradition - the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Part 2 The industrial potter: the birth of industry - Delft, stoneware and the rise of Staffordshire; potter to the world - Josiah Wedgwood and neoclassicism; porcelain - from soft paste to bone china; the reform era - the Great Exhibition and beyond. Part 3 The artist potter: towards independence - pottery and the arts and crafts movement. Part 4 The studio potter: the traditionalists - the fine art pot vs. the ethical pot; the modernists - from reductivism to organic abstraction; the post-modernists - 1970 to the present.

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'The strength of the book is its blend of technical information and stylistic developments.' (Crafts) 'Compulsively readable.' (RSA Journal) 'Handsome a | superbly documented and an invaluable encyclopedia of the British pottera (TM)s art.' (Morning Star) 'Essential reading for those who are interested in pottery.' (Scotland on Sunday) 'An important, well-illustrated survey that traces the history of British pottery and speculates, intelligently, on its future.' (Antiques Magazine) 'When youa (TM)ve read this, and pored over the fabulous photographs, the progress of ceramics in Britain from the Bronze Age to the post-modernists will make perfect sense.' (BBC Homes and Antiques)


'The strength of the book is its blend of technical information and stylistic developments.' (Crafts) 'Compulsively readable.' (RSA Journal) 'Handsome ... superbly documented and an invaluable encyclopedia of the British potter's art.' (Morning Star) 'Essential reading for those who are interested in pottery.' (Scotland on Sunday) 'An important, well-illustrated survey that traces the history of British pottery and speculates, intelligently, on its future.' (Antiques Magazine) 'When you've read this, and pored over the fabulous photographs, the progress of ceramics in Britain from the Bronze Age to the post-modernists will make perfect sense.' (BBC Homes and Antiques)


The strength of the book is its blend of technical information and stylistic developments. -Crafts Compulsively readable. -RSA Journal Handsome ... superbly documented and an invaluable encyclopedia of the British potter's art. -Morning Star Essential reading for those who are interested in pottery. -Scotland on Sunday An important, well-illustrated survey that traces the history of British pottery and speculates, intelligently, on its future. -Antiques Magazine hen you've read this, and pored over the fabulous photographs, the progress of ceramics in Britain from the Bronze Age to the post-modernists will make perfect sense. -BBC Homes and Antiques


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The author of some thirty books and more than 100 seminal essays, reviews and articles on modern and contemporary ceramics, Garth Clark is a leading authority on the subject. He founded the Ceramic Arts Foundation in 1979, and directs two galleries, in New York and Los Angeles, specializing in ceramic art.

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