John A. Burrison

Global Clay

Themes in World Ceramic Traditions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With over 200 full-color photographs 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 210mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1320g
• ISBN-13: 9780253031884
• ISBN-10: 0253031885
• Artikelnr.: 48208953

Autorenporträt

John A. Burrison

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. International Folk Pottery: A Brief Primer
2. Monuments to Clay: Public Markers of Craft Identity
3. The Human Image: Face Jugs and Other People-Pots
4. The Sincerest Form of Flattery: Cross-Cultural Imitations
5. A Clay Menagerie: The Animal World in Ceramics
6. Idols with Feet of Clay: Ceramics and World Religions
7. Returning to Clay: Death and the Afterlife
8. The Last Folk Potters?: Prognosis for the Future
Suggested Reading
Index