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English
Princeton University Press
01 September 2023
Series: ART/WORK
A new examination of the history of ceramic art, spanning ancient to modern times, emphasizing its traditions, materials, and methods of making.

Concise 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.

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Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   Flexibound
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 178mm, 
ISBN:   9780691226637
ISBN 10:   0691226636
Series:   ART/WORK
Pages:   168
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Margaret S. Graves is associate professor of art history at Indiana University. Sequoia Miller is a historian, curator, and studio potter. He is chief curator at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto. Magdalene Odundo is a ceramist whose work is in the collections of the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution, and the Frankfurt Museum for Applied Arts, among many others. She is chancellor of the University for the Creative Arts (UCA). Vicki Parry is conservator of objects in the Department of Objects Conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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