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Around the World in 80 Pots

Author : Ashmolean Museum
Publisher : Welbeck
ISBN 13 : 1802794611
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Around the World in 80 Pots written by Ashmolean Museum and published by Welbeck. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pottery tells us about religion, daily life, humor, trade, sex, folklore and creativity. Bearing the imprint of their maker more than any other crafted object, ceramics give us a unique physical link to the past, often the only evidence of long-forgotten civilizations that have otherwise crumbled to dust. From ancient Egyptian canopic death jars to ethereally beautiful porcelain, and from lewd Renaissance novelties to sleek contemporary vessels, Around the World in 80 Pots is an eclectic journey across time and cultures. Expertly selected from the unrivalled collection of the University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, this compendium shows that humankind's oldest craft is the perfect prism through which to view human history.

Ceramic, Art and Civilisation

Author : Paul Greenhalgh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474239722
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Ceramic, Art and Civilisation written by Paul Greenhalgh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-24 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his major new history, Paul Greenhalgh tells the story of ceramics as a story of human civilisation, from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. As a core craft technology, pottery has underpinned domesticity, business, religion, recreation, architecture, and art for millennia. Indeed, the history of ceramics parallels the development of human society. This fascinating and very human history traces the story of ceramic art and industry from the Ancient Greeks to the Romans and the medieval world; Islamic ceramic cultures and their influence on the Italian Renaissance; Chinese and European porcelain production; modernity and Art Nouveau; the rise of the studio potter, Art Deco, International Style and Mid-Century Modern, and finally, the contemporary explosion of ceramic making and the postmodern potter. Interwoven in this journey through time and place is the story of the pots themselves, the culture of the ceramics, and their character and meaning. Ceramics have had a presence in virtually every country and historical period, and have worked as a commodity servicing every social class. They are omnipresent: a ubiquitous art. Ceramic culture is a clear, unique, definable thing, and has an internal logic that holds it together through millennia. Hence ceramics is the most peculiar and extraordinary of all the arts. At once cheap, expensive, elite, plebeian, high-tech, low-tech, exotic, eccentric, comic, tragic, spiritual, and secular, it has revealed itself to be as fluid as the mud it is made from. Ceramics are the very stuff of how civilized life was, and is, led. This then is the story of human society's most surprising core causes and effects.

World Ceramics

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book World Ceramics written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Great Pots

Author : Ulysses Grant Dietz
Publisher : North Light Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Great Pots written by Ulysses Grant Dietz and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Great pots: contemporary ceramics from function to fantasy at The Newark Museum, February 14-June 1, 2003"--T.p. verso.

The Pot Book

Author : Edmund de Waal
Publisher : Phaidon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714870533
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book The Pot Book written by Edmund de Waal and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An A-Z history of ceramic art by one of the world's leading ceramic artists, Edmund de Waal. The history of ceramic art is ingrained in the history of mankind. Clay is one of the very first materials ‘invented’ by man. An essential part of our lives it has been moulded, thrown, glazed, decorated and fired for over 30,000 years in order to preserve and transport food and water. And it was on the surface of these early jugs, vases, dishes, plates, beakers and amphorae that man placed some of his first decorative markings. In more recent times clay has been used not just by artisans and potters, but also by artists, designers and architects. The Pot Book is the first publication to document the extraordinary range and variety of ceramic vessels of all periods, from a delicate bowl made by an unnamed artisan in China in the third millennium bc, or a jug made in eighteenth-century Dresden, to a plate made by Picasso in 1952, a ‘spade form’ made by Hans Coper or the vases of Grayson Perry today. Each entry is sequenced in alphabetical order by the name of the artist/potter, the school, or style, creating a grand tour through the very finest examples of the art form.

Boy in a China Shop

Author : Keith Brymer Jones
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1529385237
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (293 download)

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Download or read book Boy in a China Shop written by Keith Brymer Jones and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'During downtime on the pottery throwdown Keith made my hair curl with some of his tales - he's a great raconteur and recounts his story in this book as he does in real life - with joy, charm & mischief.' - Sara Cox 'Fans of Throw Down will enjoy this warm autobiography.' - Daily Mail 'An engaging read by an endearing, unassuming man who has always stayed true to his passions.' - Daily Mirror Ballet dancer. Front man in an almost famous band. Judge on The Great Pottery Throwdown. How did all that happen? By accident mostly. But I always say we make our own luck. What if an art teacher hadn't given me a lump of clay? What if the band had been really successful? What if I hadn't taken a photograph of a bowl to the buyer at Heals in London? What if she'd hated it? Or hadn't seen it... What if I hadn't agreed to dress up as Adele to make a crazy YouTube video? Every chapter of my book is based around an object (usually a pot) that's been significant in my life. It's just a trigger to let me go off in a lot of different directions and tell a few stories. A lot of stories. Dyslexia. The art teacher who changed my life. My Mother. My Father. A life-changing job interview with a man who lay under his car throughout. That video. Sifting through half-forgotten memories, trying to pick out the golden nuggets from the stuff that is definitely dross has been a curious, and at times hilarious, sometimes sad, but definitely enlightening process. So here it is - my pottery life with some very loud music and some pretty good dancing. And a lot of throwing, fettling and firing. Oh ...and a good dose of anxiety.

Global Clay

Author : John A. Burrison
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253031893
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Global Clay written by John A. Burrison and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 25,000 years, humans across the globe have shaped, decorated, and fired clay. Despite great differences in location and time, universal themes appear in the world’s ceramic traditions, including religious influences, human and animal representations, and mortuary pottery. In Global Clay: Themes in World Ceramic Traditions, noted pottery scholar John A. Burrison explores the recurring artistic themes that tie humanity together, explaining how and why those themes appear again and again in worldwide ceramic traditions. The book is richly illustrated with over 200 full-color, cross-cultural illustrations of ceramics from prehistory to the present. Providing an introduction to different styles of folk pottery, extensive suggestions for further reading, and reflections on the future of traditional pottery around the world, Global Clay is sure to become a classic for all who love art and pottery and all who are intrigued by the human commonalities revealed through art.

Around the World in 80 Books

Author : David Damrosch
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141981504
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Around the World in 80 Books written by David Damrosch and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Restlessly curious, insightful, and quirky, David Damrosch is the perfect guide to a round-the-world adventure in reading' Stephen Greenblatt A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, told through eighty classic and modern books 'It is always a pleasure to talk about books with David Damrosch, who has read all of them, and he is so eloquent and understanding about them all' Orhan Pamuk Inspired by Jules Verne's hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard's Department of Comparative Literature and founder of Harvard's Institute for World Literature, set out to counter a pandemic's restrictions on travel by exploring eighty exceptional books from around the globe. Following a literary itinerary from London to Venice, Tehran and points beyond, and via authors from Woolf and Dante to Nobel prizewinners Orhan Pamuk, Wole Soyinka, Mo Yan and Olga Tokarczuk, he explores how these works have shaped our idea of the world, and the ways the world bleeds into literature. To chart the expansive landscape of world literature today, Damrosch explores how writers live in two very different worlds: the world of their personal experience, and the world of books that have enabled great writers to give shape and meaning to their lives. In his literary cartography, Damrosch includes compelling contemporary works as well as perennial classics, hard-bitten crime fiction as well as haunting works of fantasy, and the formative tales that introduce us as children to the world we're entering. Taken together, these eighty titles offer us fresh perspective on perennial problems, from the social consequences of epidemics to the rising inequality that Thomas More designed Utopia to combat and the patriarchal structures within and against which many of these books' heroines have to struggle, from the work of Murasaki Shikibu a millennium ago to that of Margaret Atwood today. Around the World in 80 Books is a global invitation to look beyond ourselves and our surroundings, and to see our world and its literature in new ways.

The Most Precious of Cargoes

Author : Jean-Claude Grumberg
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062981811
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book The Most Precious of Cargoes written by Jean-Claude Grumberg and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set during the height of World War II, a powerful and unsettling tale about a woodcutter and his wife, who finds a mysterious parcel thrown from a passing train. Once upon a time in an enormous forest lived a woodcutter and his wife. The woodcutter is very poor and a war rages around them, making it difficult for them to put food on the table. Yet every night, his wife prays for a child. A Jewish father rides on a train holding twin babies. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed both children. In hopes of saving them both, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and throws her into the forest. While foraging for food, the wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. Although she knows harboring this baby could lead to her death, she takes the child home. Set against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, The Most Precious of Cargoes is a fable about family and redemption which reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places. Translated from the French by Frank Wynne

Round the World in Eighty Dishes

Author : Lesley Blanch
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1909808717
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Round the World in Eighty Dishes written by Lesley Blanch and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A grand tour for the taste buds—a delightful classic cookbook of the postwar era from a well-traveled woman. This charming little book was first published in 1956, when people in England were still enduring postwar restrictions on both traveling and eating. In the words of its author, Lesley Blanch, “benign fate whisked me elsewhere to follow less restricted ways, travelling widely and eating wildly.” Her gastronomic world tour includes eighty recipes, each prefaced by an account of where they were first tasted or with some amusing anecdote. You’ll find delicious dishes from her journeys around Europe and to the Middle East and Far East, Africa, the Pacific, Central and South America, and even a good old Baked Virginia Ham from the USA.

Meeow and the Pots and Pans

Author : Sebastien Braun
Publisher : Boxer Books
ISBN 13 : 9781907152788
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (527 download)

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Download or read book Meeow and the Pots and Pans written by Sebastien Braun and published by Boxer Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the titles in the Meeow series are now available as sturdy boardbooks, making them suitable for even the youngest readers. Today Meeow and hisfriends are in the kitchen. They look through the cupboards and find all sorts ofinteresting things – a green colander, a wooden spoon, an orange frying pan, andlots of brightly coloured mixing bowls. What will they do with all of these cookingthings? Little ones will love joining in as Meeow and his friends use the objects theyhave found to make music.

Sloppy Craft

Author : Elaine Cheasley Paterson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472533070
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Sloppy Craft written by Elaine Cheasley Paterson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sloppy Craft: Postdisciplinarity and the Crafts brings together leading international artists and critics to explore the possibilities and limitations of the idea of 'sloppy craft' – craft that is messy or unfinished looking in its execution or appearance, or both. The contributors address 'sloppiness' in contemporary art and craft practices including painting, weaving, sewing and ceramics, consider the importance of traditional concepts of skill, and the implications of sloppiness for a new 21st century emphasis on inter- and postdisciplinarity, as well as for activist, performance, queer and Aboriginal practices. In addition to critical essays, the book includes a 'conversation' section in which contemporary artists and practitioners discuss challenges and opportunities of 'sloppy craft' in their practice and teaching, and an afterword by Glenn Adamson.

Bernard Leach

Author : Emmanuel Cooper
Publisher : Studies in British Art
ISBN 13 : 9781913107116
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Bernard Leach written by Emmanuel Cooper and published by Studies in British Art. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003.

Pot Planet

Author : Brian Preston
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802138972
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Pot Planet written by Brian Preston and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marijuana is cultivated in nearly every region of the world, from the jungles of Laos to the arid hills of northern California. In "Pot Planet, " journalist Preston sets out on a global ganja safari to explore strange new cannabis cultures, to seek out new growers, and to boldly get baked with each of them.

陶芸ハンドブック

Author : Penny Simpson
Publisher : Kodansha International
ISBN 13 : 0870113739
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book 陶芸ハンドブック written by Penny Simpson and published by Kodansha International. This book was released on 1979 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compact reference explains the basic terms, processes, classifications, tools, materials and techniques of Japanese potters. Everyone interested in pottery and crafts will find this practical guide a valuable addition to both bookshelf and workshop. Penny Simpson, an English potter living in Japan, and Kanji Sodeoka, her Japanese colleague, have compiled a step-by-step manual of the way pots are made in Japan, their forms, and their decorations. The authors give a thorough account of both traditional and modern techniques and also describe in detail tools,

Mastering Raku

Author : Steven Branfman
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781600592959
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (929 download)

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Download or read book Mastering Raku written by Steven Branfman and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers such topics as the history and philosophy of raku, types of clay, forming techniques, firing, glazes and decoration. Types of kilns and kiln construction are also fully explained and the book includes a gallery of works from around the world along with updated clay and glaze recipes.

Broken Hearts in a Broken World

Author : Gerard Verschuuren
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781950108015
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Broken Hearts in a Broken World written by Gerard Verschuuren and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brokenness has become endemic in our days. In poll after poll, the vast majority of respondents say that our country is fundamentally broken. Our political system is broken. Our economy is broken. Our very society, the way we live together, our values, our priorities, all of them are broken. For Christians, however, the brokenness of the world and their own brokenness should not come as breaking news; in fact, brokenness and the healing of brokenness are at the very heart of the Christian faith. Christians believe that God became a human being in Jesus who suffered and died on the Cross. He came to be among the broken-hearted in a broken world. That's the very painful, yet comforting thought behind this book.