The Potter's Art: History of British Ceramics [Englisch] [Gebundene Ausgabe]

Not merely a catalog of the overfamiliar blue-and-white Wedgewood that we instinctively think of as British ceramics, this is a lively chronicle with a readable text complemented by hundreds of colorful photographs. Noted gallery owner Clark (The Book of Cups, Abbeville, 1990) has arranged his history into four sections to create a sensible narrative. The short section on peasant pottery, ranging from the Neolithic to the 19th century, is overbalanced by an excellent discussion of the industrial potters and their transformation of the role pottery occupied in daily life. The somewhat artificial distinction between the sections on artist potters and studio potters doesn't impede an examination of the works of Leach, DeMorgan, Cardew, Rie, and dozens of other prominent and obscure potters. The reasoned text, opulent illustrations, and tight focus on pottery vessels combine to produce one of the finest general works on British ceramics. For academic and large public library art collections.
David McClelland, Temple Univ. Lib., Philadelphia
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

A complete history of pottery in Britain, tracing from rudimentary pots of the Middle Ages to the intellectually ambitious art of today's studio potters. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

This is a history of the ceramics produced in Britain, showing the traditions that have led to the work of such 20th century artists as Lucy Rie, Coper, Cardew, Leach and Hamada. The central role of British ceramics in the world has its roots in the Industrial Revolution. Wedgwood's marriage of art and industry led the way, and created an industrial centre in Staffordshire that eventually led to the demise of the small craft-based potteries producing delftwares and stonewares. This was followed by the domestic production of fine china and procelain in factories throughout the UK. It was in the late 19th century that the role of the industrial designer began to be questioned, and the ideas that led to the studio pottery movement of the 20th century began. In between came the artist potter and the use of factories such as Mintons with their ranges of pots. The book tells the history of that movement and of the way practising potters took part. The continuing story of the pottery movement is represented by craftsmen such as Alison Britton and Angus Suttie.

This general survey discusses the production of ceramics against a background of people and ideas, and the illustrations clearly show the development of ceramics across four centuries.