Things of beauty growing : British studio pottery / edited by Glenn Adamson, Martina Droth and Simon...
Things of beauty growing : British studio pottery / edited by Glenn Adamson, Martina Droth and Simon...
Things of beauty growing : British studio pottery / edited by Glenn Adamson, Martina Droth and Simon Olding ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson, Alison Britton, Kimberley Chandler, Edward S. Cooke Jr., Penelope Curtis, Tanya Harrod, Imogen Hart, Sequoia Miller, Simon Olding, and Julian Stair.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale Center for British Art ; Cambridge [UK] : The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge ; Yale University Press, 2017.
Call Numbers
GQ 2018/0619
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
470 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Preface: Circling / Alison Britton -- Introduction / Glenn Adamson -- From precepts to praxis: the origins of British studio pottery / Julian Stair -- The ideology of the wheel / Edward S. Cooke Jr. -- Studio ceramics and the factory: a sketch / Tanya Harrod -- "Things in combination": exhibiting po...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale Center for British Art ; Cambridge [UK] : The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge ; Yale University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2017.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"For nearly a century British potters have invigorated traditional ceramic forms by developing or reinventing techniques, materials, and means of display. Things of Beauty Growing explores major typologies of the vessel--such as bowl, vase, and charger--that have defined studio ceramics since the early 20th century. It places British studio pottery...
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Full title
Things of beauty growing : British studio pottery / edited by Glenn Adamson, Martina Droth and Simon Olding ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson, Alison Britton, Kimberley Chandler, Edward S. Cooke Jr., Penelope Curtis, Tanya Harrod, Imogen Hart, Sequoia Miller, Simon Olding, and Julian Stair.
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Notes
General note
"This publication accompanies the exhibition Things of Beauty Growing: British Studio Pottery, co-organized by the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, on view 14 September-3 December, 2017, and The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, on view 20 March-18 June, 2018."--from copyright page, at end of book.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-458) and index....
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Date Copyright
©2017
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GQ 2018/0619
Record Identifier
74VKVol5r4GA
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVol5r4GA
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ISBN
0300227469 hardcover
9780300227468 hardcover
DDC
738.0941
MMS ID
991024171218402626
