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Ceramic Art (Paperback)
Margaret S. Graves, Sequoia Miller, Magdalene Odundo, Vicki Parry; Contributions by Ulla Holmquist, …
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R652
Discovery Miles 6 520
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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.
Considers the future of conservation and its connection to the
human sciences. This volume brings together the findings from a
five-year research project that seeks to reimagine the relationship
between conservation knowledge and the humanistic study of the
material world. The project, "Cultures of Conservation," was
supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and included events,
seminars, and an artist-in-residence. The effort to conserve things
amid change is part of the human struggle with the nature of
matter. For as long as people have made things and kept things,
they have also cared for and repaired them. Today, conservators use
a variety of tools and categories developed over the last one
hundred and fifty years to do this work, but in the coming decades,
new kinds of materials and a new scale of change will pose
unprecedented challenges. Looking ahead to this moment from the
perspectives of history, philosophy, materials science, and
anthropology, this volume explores new possibilities for both
conservation and the humanities in the rethinking of active matter.
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