The Ceramics Reader

Name: The Ceramics Reader
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781350198944
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The Ceramics Reader is a comprehensive editorial collection featuring essays and text extracts that explore every discipline within ceramics, both historical and contemporary. It addresses fundamental questions such as why ceramics matter, and examines the field through various lenses, including its role as a cultural activity, a metaphor, a vehicle for propaganda, its place in industry and museums, and its expansion as a fine art medium and idea hub. The book combines newly commissioned work with established scholarship to provide an international and inclusive perspective on ceramics.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book is ideal for ceramics artists, scholars, students, and enthusiasts interested in a thorough and scholarly exploration of ceramics as both an art form and cultural phenomenon. It suits those seeking an authoritative reference as well as a collection of diverse perspectives within the field.

An essential collection of essays and text extracts from ceramic books, journals and magazines which covers the last 100 years, offering a broad overview of the subject along with key themes and debates.

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The Ceramics Reader is an impressive editorial collection of essays and text extracts, covering every discipline within ceramics, past and present. Tackling such fundamental questions as “why are ceramics important?”, the book also considers the field from a range of perspectives – as a cultural activity or metaphor, as a vehicle for propaganda, within industry and museums, and most recently as part of the ‘expanded field’ as a fine art medium and hub for ideas.

Newly commissioned material features prominently alongside existing scholarship, to ensure an international and truly comprehensive look at ceramics.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

The Ceramics Reader has been hailed as a triumph and potentially the most influential ceramics title of the decade. Reviews praise its extensive and invaluable collection of critical texts, recommending it both as an engaging read and a useful reference work. It is noted for elegantly representing both historic and contemporary discourse in Ceramic Art, with contributions ranging from celebrated figures like Philip Rawson and Garth Clark to emerging voices, making it a vital resource for the ceramics community.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350198944

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 September 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Illustration: 40 bw illus

Contributors:

Edited by Kevin Petrie
Edited by Andrew Livingstone

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 190.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 1200g

Pages: 616

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Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts Non-Fiction

About the Author

Andrew Livingstone is Reader in Ceramics at the University of Sunderland, UK.

Kevin Petrie is Head of Glass and Ceramics at the University of Sunderland, UK.