Pottery of Acoma Pueblo (Hardcover)

The pottery of Acoma Pueblo stands at the height of ceramics among the Pueblo Indian pottery traditions. This exhaustively researched book traces the history of Acoma pottery over the past seven hundred years, concentrating on the periods from 1300 to 1930. with a summary of the modern period. The authors studied over several thousand examples, presenting more than 800 examples here, along with dozens of photographs of potters. The book identifies more than nine hundred Acoma potters, several of whom are credited for the first time, who worked between about 1880 to the present. Acoma pottery has evolved significantly in form and decoration over the past seven hundred years, each change reflecting the interplay of many factors, including advances in technology, individual innovations, changing markets, and the evolving uses of pottery vessels. The book is a comprehensive illustrated survey of Acoma pottery at a depth and level of detail that has never before been achieved, and will be the standard for all studies in the future.

General

Imprint:	Museum of New Mexico Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2013
First published:	May 2013
Authors:	Dwight P Lanmon • Francis H. Harlow
Dimensions:	255 x 230 x 49mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	624
ISBN-13:	978-0-89013-576-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Ceramic arts, pottery, glass > Ceramics Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-89013-576-2
Barcode:	9780890135761

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