Das dreibändige Werk widmet sich den Jahren, als die KPM Berlin als „Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin" firmierte, und schließt damit eine markante Forschungslücke. Der Autor Tim D. Gonert führt in die Geschichte der Manufaktur im 20. Jahrhundert ein und ermöglicht anhand von über 2.000 zusammengetragenen Objekten einen Überblick über die enorme Formenvielfalt und die künstlerischen Dekore aus der modernen Berliner Porzellanproduktion. Begleitet werden die komplett neu fotografierten Objekt...
Rapidly gaining popular attention, 3D printing is viewed as the next life changing technology. This book explains how the creative industries are directly interfacing with this new technology and how it is changing the practices of many artists and designers across the globe. A selection of case studies of leading practitioners in their respective disciplines reveals this fascinating process in action. The book also introduces the groundbreaking research by Stephen Hoskins and his 3D team at t...
This is the first volume to bring together archaeology, anthropology, and art history in the analysis of pre-Columbian pottery. While previous research on ceramic artifacts has been divided by these three disciplines, this volume shows how integrating these approaches provides new understandings of many different aspects of Ancient American societies. Contributors from a variety of backgrounds in these fields explore what ceramics can reveal about ancient social dynamics, trade, ritual, politi...
"Radical and inspiring ... Yanagi's vision puts the connection between heart and hand before the transient and commercial" - Edmund de WaalThe daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settings. These objects are our constant companions in life. As such, writes Soetsu Yanagi, they should be made with care and built to last, treated with respect and even affection. They should be natural and simple, sturdy and safe - the aesthetic result of wholehe...
Ceramic artist Vonney Ball's elegant output reflects a sound education in English ceramics design, a singularity of purpose and a drive to keep making work. Twenty years on from her arrival in New Zealand, her work connects cultural experiences from opposite ends of the earth. Vonney Ball: Ceramics surveys her work and examines her influences, from Bloomsbury to Maori art and design.
This Blessed Plot, This Earth
This beautifully designed and illustrated book celebrates the career of Jonathan Horne FSA, international authority on English pottery and for forty years a London dealer at the top of his field. With over thirty essays the book covers a broad range of subjects by specialists from around the world including curators, academics and archaeologists. Subjects include the first pottery in James Fort, America; shipping containers for Atlantic ceramic cargoes; Delftware exports to the West Indies; re...
Excavations at Grimes Graves, Norfolk, 1972-76
by IH Longworth, etc., Andrew Herne, Gillian Varndell, and Stuart P. Needham
Blue and White: Early Japanese Export Ware, as an exhibition and publication, is of special interest as it permits comparisons between blue and white wares of similar design from the Orient and Europe, and calls attention to the vital function of the European maritime nations, particularly Portugal and Holland, in the transmission of aesthetic concepts between East and West. Clear examples of cross-cultural aesthetic exchanges are always fascinating, especially when they can be corroborated by h...
Richard Slee - Means of Production
by Richard Slee, Dr. Jones Mark, and Emily King
The Ancient Pottery of Israel and its Neighbours from Iron Age Through to the Hellenistic Period
Glass in Britain and Ireland, AD 350-1100 (Occasional Paper, #127)