ThePotBook
- 作者
- 出版社 PhaidonPress
- 出版时间 2011年10月
- ISBN 9780714847993
- 定价 670.20
内容简介
Thehistoryofceramicartisingrainedinthehistoryofmankind.Clayisoneoftheveryfirstmaterials'invented'byman.Anessentialpartofourlivesithasbeenmoulded,thrown,glazed,decoratedandfiredforover30,000yearsinordertopreserveandtransportfoodandwater.Inmorerecenttimesclayhasbeenusednotjustbyartisansandpotters,butalsobyartists,designersandarchitects.ThePotBookisthefirstpublicationtodocumenttheextraordinaryrangeandvarietyofceramicvesselsofallperiods,inacomprehensiveandaccessibleAtoZformat.FromadelicatebowlmadebyanunnamedartisaninChinainthethirdmillenniumBC,orajugmadeineighteenth-centuryDresden,toaplatemadebyPicassoin1952,a'spadeform'madebyHansCoperorthevasesofGraysonPerrytoday,it'sallinincludedinthisbeautifullyillustratedcollection.Eachentryissequencedinalphabeticalorderbythenameoftheartist/potter,theschool,orstyle,creatingagrandtourthroughtheveryfinestexamplesoftheartform.
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