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A Potter's Workbook
University of Iowa Press 2012; US$ 26.00In A Potter's Workbook, renowned studio potter and teacher Clary Illian presents a textbook for the hand and the mind. Her aim is to provide a way to see, to make, and to think about the forms of wheel-thrown vessels; her information and inspiration explain both the mechanics of throwing and finishing pots made simply on the wheel and the... more...
Myth Into Art
Routledge 1994; US$ 42.95Myth into Art is a comparative study of mythological narrative in Greek poetry and the visual arts. Thirty of the major myths are surveyed, focusing on Homer, lyric poetry and Attic tragedy. On the artistic side, the emphasis is on Athenian and South Italian vases. The book offers undergraduate students an introduction both to mythology and to the... more...
The Portland Vase
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 11.99For thousands of years an enigmatic and astonishingly beautiful piece of Roman art has captivated those who have come in contact with it.Made before the birth of Christ, the Portland Vase, as it is called, is renowned for both its beauty and its mystery. In The Portland Vase , Robin Brooks takes us on a vivid journey across Europe and through... more...
Sociology of Pottery in Ancient Palestine
Continuum International Publishing 1991; US$ 90.00This fundamental study offers a reconstruction of the social world in which pottery was manufactured, distributed and used in ancient Palestine. Part I concludes that ceramic wares in the Bronze and Iron Ages were mass-produced for commercial sale by small workshops, probably family owned and operated. The technological level was high, with potters'... more...
Blanc de Chine
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 178.00Dehua porcelain, or Blanc de Chine as it is known in the West, is pure ivory-white porcelain made at the Dehua kilns in the southern Chinese province of Fujian. It rose to international significance in the 17th century and inspired aristocratic patronage in the development of European porcelain. Its popularity at home and abroad continued and the kilns... more...
Clarice Cliff
Osprey Publishing 2011; US$ 9.95There are few pieces of pottery more recognizable than those designed by Clarice Cliff. For many the epitome of Art Deco, and 1930s style, characterised by bold color and lines, geometric shapes, and stylized representations of the countryside, Clarice Cliff's 'Bizarre' pottery is widely collected all over the world. This book traces the story of... more...
Peranakan Chinese Porcelain
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 65.00Exuberant, ornate and colorful, Straits Chinese porcelain is a variety of polychrome enameled export ware made to specification in China during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This lovely porcelain was made for the Straits-born Chinese or Peranakan communities in Penang, Malacca and Singapore and was used on festive occasions such as... more...
Griechische Vasenmalerei
Philipp von Zabern Verlag 2012; US$ 21.56Hauptbeschreibung Thomas Mannack gibt mit dieser Einführung einen vollständigen Überblick über die bemalte Keramik Griechenlands von den Anfängen im 1. Jt. v. Chr. bis zu ihrem Ende um 300 v. Chr. Übersichtlich und leicht verständlich werden die wichtigsten Formen und Stile figurenverzierter Keramik sowie die Töpfer, Maler und Werkstätten vorgestellt.... more...
African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present
Oxbow Books 2010; US$ 25.00African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present considers ethnographic, museological and archaeological approaches to pottery-decorating tools called roulettes, that is to say, short lengths of fibre or wood that are rolled over the surface of a vessel for decoration. This book sets out, for the first time, a solid typology for the classification of African... more...








