Pottery is one of the oldest and most widespread arts practised by humankind and its history can be traced back to the Stone Age. Changes in styles and types occurred in response to changing social, economic and technical demands, so that vessels and other objects made in clay can reveal much about the societies in which they were produced. This highly illustrated and readable account begins with the early civilizations of the Near and Middle East and traces the production of ceramics throughout the cultures of the globe, ...
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Pottery is one of the oldest and most widespread arts practised by humankind and its history can be traced back to the Stone Age. Changes in styles and types occurred in response to changing social, economic and technical demands, so that vessels and other objects made in clay can reveal much about the societies in which they were produced. This highly illustrated and readable account begins with the early civilizations of the Near and Middle East and traces the production of ceramics throughout the cultures of the globe, from the Mediterranean and the Orient to Islam and ancient America, from neolithic Britain to Wedgwood and de Morgan, from twentieth-century Africa and India to Scandinavia and Australasia, with a final chapter on the newest work of studio potters today. The illustrations, drawn from museums, collectors and practising potters around the world, provide representative examples of the major styles, materials and forms of all periods, allowing the reader to make comparisons and see relationships between the works of cultures which may be widely separated in space and time.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0812235541. Color Photographs; 4to 11"-13" tall; 360 pages; 2000 University of Pennsylvania. Oversize HC/DJ. 4th edition. Snugly Bound and neat in original color pictorial dust jacket. Mild dust spotting to the top edge and a small spot of finger soiling to the front cover. Just superficial shellf rubbing and evidence to the jacket edges and surfaces. Some light floxing reverse surface of the dust jacket. Contets clean, bright, and unmarked. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. VG+/VG+...Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. 4th edition, revised and updated. With illustrations in color and black & white, a bibliography and index. 352 pages. 4to. Hardcover, in a dust jacket. Fine/Very Good.
