The potter's art : a complete history of pottery in Britain
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Bibliographic Information
The potter's art : a complete history of pottery in Britain
Phaidon Press, 2003, c1995
- : pbk
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Complete history of pottery in Britain
Available at 4 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-228) and index
"Reprinted in paperback 2003"--Colophon
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The first ever book to provide a comprehensive history of British pottery, The Potter's Art traces its remarkable development all the way from the rudimentary pots of the Middle Ages to the sophisticated art of today's studio potters.
Beginning with the peasant potter, Garth Clark moves on to describe the development of style and fashion under the renowned industrialist Josiah Wedgwood. He also examines the work of the artist-potters William De Morgan and the Martin brothers, and the studio potters Bernard Leach and Lucie Rie. Focusing particularly on the distinctly human angle to the craft, the author brings the potters' personalities to life by describing their working conditions, lifestyles and characters.
For all collectors and potters, this indispensable survey, with a bibliography, chronology and glossary, sheds new light on the history of British pottery. For anyone with a sense of aestheticism or a general interest in the arts, this is an absorbing introduction to perhaps the most fundamental artistic medium in the history of civilization.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: The Peasant Potter
- The Archaic Tradition
- From Neolithic to Modern Times
- Part II: The Industrial Potter
- The Birth of Industry: Delft Stoneware and the Rise of Staffordshire
- Potter to the World: Josiah Wedgwood and Neo-Classicism
- The Search for Porcelain: From Soft Paste to Bone China
- The Reform Era: The Great Exhibition and Beyond
- Part III: The Artist-Potter
- Towards Independence: Pottery and the Arts and Crafts Movement
- Part IV: 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
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Chronology
- Glossary
- Index
- Acknowledgements
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