Ceramic Art / / Vicki Parry, Magdalene Odundo, Sequoia Miller, Margaret S. Graves.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2023
• VerfasserIn: Graves, Margaret S.,; Miller, Sequoia,; Odundo, Magdalene,
• MitwirkendeR: Holmquist, Ulla,; Knappett, Carl,; Poh, Soon Kai,; You, Yao-Fen,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: ART/WORK
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 p.) :; 44 color illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Ceramic Art: An Introduction --; Ceramics: The Art of Being Human --; Crazing, Shivering, Golden Cracks and Rivets: Preserving the Value of Flaws --; Pots with Structure and Purpose: A Chance Encounter, a Potter by Chance --; Case Studies in Ceramic Art --; Animating the World: The Ceramics of Ancient Peru --; Cycladic Bird Jug --; A Porcelain Set of Four Continents Fit for the King --; Remaking Porcelain: A Conservator’s Perspective --; Notes --; Further Reading --; Contributors --; Index --; Photography and Copyright Credits
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691247434; 9783111318103; 9783111319032; 9783111319292; 9783111318912; 9783110749748
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691247434?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Vicki Parry, Magdalene Odundo, Sequoia Miller, Margaret S. Graves.

A new examination of the history of ceramic art, spanning ancient to modern times, emphasizing its traditions, materials, and methods of makingConcise but comprehensive, Ceramic Art brings together the voices of art historians, conservators, and artists to tell the history of making art from fired clay. The story spans history and continents, examining the global traditions of ceramists that range from pre-Columbian Peruvian artisans to contemporary African studio potters.The volume shows how human need gave rise to multiple traditions in earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, glaze, and surface decoration from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. Essays describe the core materials and practice of ceramics, followed by consideration of its production, consumption, and use. Throughout, the focus is on the power of materials and the role conservation plays in the afterlife of a ceramic object.An accessible introduction to an ancient practice, Ceramic Art offers new ways of thinking about the broader forces that have shaped the traditions of the medium.