Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks Books
Cambridge University Press The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Medieval Italy
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Cambridge University Press Mosaics in the Medieval World From Late Antiquity
Book SynopsisIn this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle ages. Taking into account a wide range of issues, including style and iconography, technique and material, and function and patronage, she examines mosaics within their historical context. She asks why the mosaic was such a popular medium and considers how mosaics work as historical 'documents' that tell us about attitudes and beliefs in the medieval world. The book is divided into two part. Part I explores the technical aspects of mosaics, including glass production, labour and materials, and costs. In Part II, James provides a chronological history of mosaics, charting the low and high points of mosaic art up until its abrupt end in the late middle ages. Written in a clear and engaging style, her book will serve as an essential resource for scholars and students of medieval mosaics.Trade Review'This fabulous book is a great achievement. The 166 splendid color illustrations (many previously unpublished) alone would make the volume of great value, but James (Univ. of Sussex, UK) also provides a rich scholarly apparatus of footnotes and bibliography and a fine list of all extant mosaics, arranged by period and country. Written with panache, the book wears its erudition lightly and is accessible to a wide readership. Essential.' L. Nees, Choice'This stunning new book will change the way you look at medieval mosaics … The attention to detail and to making this book useable, with indices, lists of sites and bespoke maps, ensure that this will be a much-consulted book for anyone working on the late antique, early medieval and medieval built environment.' Caroline Goodson, Medieval ArchaeologyTable of ContentsPart I. Making Wall Mosaics: Introduction to Part I; 1. Making glass tesserae; 2. Making mosaics; 3. The business of mosaics; 4. The value of mosaics; Part II. Mosaics by Century: Introduction to Part II; 5. In the beginning: wall mosaics in the fourth century; 6. Types or prototypes? Mosaics in the fifth century; 7. Emperors, kings, popes and bishops: mosaics in the sixth century; 8. New beginnings? Islam, Byzantium and Rome: mosaics in the seventh and eighth centuries; 9. Medium and message: ninth- and tenth-century mosaics; 10. A universal language? Eleventh-century mosaics; 11. Incorrigibly plural: mosaics in the twelfth century; 12. Men and mosaics: the thirteenth century; 13. Boom and bust: mosaics in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; Conclusion; Appendix of sites; Bibliography.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Batch Craft Design and Product
Book SynopsisShowcasing international designer-makers in contemporary craft, including ceramics, textiles, wood, glass, precious materials & metals. These designers make small batches of work for retail outlets which are finished to a high standard. The book aims to display their work, from concept to finished product.Trade Review'A&C Black brings us a glamorous look at the world of design makers. Presenting the cream of the contemporary craft world, the book includes a glorious array of handcrafted objects, profiling many of the most important makers and explaining the ideas and concept behind their products, with superb photography to illustrate their work.' Crafts & Design (September 2010)
£30.00
Pacific Rainbow 1 Hour Photo
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Goose Lane Editions Peter Powning: A Retrospective / Une
Book SynopsisA CBC New Brunswick Book List Selection"I start with an original object, break it, and transform parts of the piece into other materials. These pieces gather meaning and explanation as I work with them."Peter Powning is simultaneously referred to as a sculptor and a ceramist, but his art does not fit easy categorization, incorporating and combining elements from one medium into another. His work challenges the viewer to reconsider the object, its form, and its function. This inventiveness has resulted in numerous exhibitions, awards, and commissions for public art sculptures throughout Canada.Featuring 175 full-colour images of Powning’s work along with essays by curators and critics, Peter Powning celebrates the career of one of Canada’s finest visual artists and accompanies a major retrospective exhibition organized by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.Trade Review"A pleasure to read, and the perfect coffee table book to showcase inventive New Brunswick art." * [EDIT] *"The book is much more than a usual exhibition catalogue: its bilingual text and images of the work, most photographed by Powning himself, offer a rare, intimate glimpse into a life devoted to the pursuit of a multi-disciplined practice." -- Carol Brueau * Billie *
£29.74
Goose Lane Editions Good Earth: The Pots and Passion of Walter Ostrom
Book SynopsisWalter Ostrom has been described as an "innovative traditionalist," a disruptive force shaking up ceramic conventions while simultaneously enriching them. Hired to teach studio and Asian art history at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1969, Ostrom was one of many American artists who moved north to Canada in the fallout from the Vietnam War.Ostrom’s work, from his embrace of conceptual art in the 1970s to his current exploration of the vast history, hybridization, and social foundation of ceramics, marks him as a major force in the development of contemporary ceramics. As Ray Cronin writes, Ostrom’s works "declare themselves to be art and craft at once, tradition and innovation merged, beauty and function reconciled, thought and action combined. What more could one ask from any work of art?"Accompanying a major retrospective exhibition at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia opening in May 2020, Good Earth features essays by leading scholars and curators along with full-colour reproductions of over fifty examples of Ostrom’s works.Trade Review“This mercurial and brilliant man is difficult to sum up, but Good Earth serves as a worthy introduction to his world.” -- Amy Gogarty * Galleries West magazine *
£33.14
V&A Handmade in Britain
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Mapin Publishing Pvt.Ltd Mutable Ceramic & Clay Art of India
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£33.25
Pre-Echo Shards
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Oxford University Press Medusas Gaze
Book SynopsisMedusa's Gaze provides the first dedicated account of the origins and extraordinary survival of an exquisite agate bowl from ancient Alexandria to the modern day as it passed through the hands of some of history's most influentional, and colorful, characters.Trade ReviewThe Tazza Farnese's story is remarkable, and Belozerskaya tells it well. * Literary Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt ; 2. Carved Gems and Romans ; 3. Constantinople: the Past Acquired, Revived, and Ransacked ; 4. Frederick II: the Quest for a New Roman Empire ; 5. Timur, the Conqueror of Asia ; 6. The Great Collectors of the Renaissance ; 7. In a Woman's Hands ; 8. Gems and Ruins in Bourbon Naples ; 9. Beauty Broken, Beauty Restored ; Acknowledgments ; Cast of Characters ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
£27.89
Cambridge University Press English Pottery
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Popular American Marbles
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Ancient Maya Pottery Classification Analysis and Interpretation
Book SynopsisThe ancient Maya produced a broad range of ceramics that has attracted concerted scholarly attention for over a century. This impressive volume brings together many of the archaeologists signally involved in the analysis and interpretation of ancient Maya ceramics and represents new findings and state-of-the-art thinking.
£20.66
BAR Publishing La Cermica Protohistrica a Torno de Mallorca s VII aC 770 British Archaeological Reports International Series
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Petey Pie Press Glass Fusing in a Clay Kiln
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Fractalterror Press Project Land Kilns
£128.25
LEGARE STREET PR The Photograph and Ambrotype Manual a Practical Treatise
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LEGARE STREET PR The Photograph and Ambrotype Manual a Practical Treatise
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LEGARE STREET PR OEuvres Complètes De Bernard Palissy
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LEGARE STREET PR Rudimentary Treatise On the Art of Painting On Glass From the German
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LEGARE STREET PR Rudimentary Treatise On the Art of Painting On Glass From the German
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LEGARE STREET PR OEuvres Complètes De Bernard Palissy
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LEGARE STREET PR Rudimentary Treatise On The Art Of Painting On Glass
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LEGARE STREET PR Stained Glass As An Art
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LEGARE STREET PR Stained Glass As An Art
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LEGARE STREET PR Catalogue of the Le Blond Collection of Corean Pottery
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Legare Street Press Shades And Globes
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Legare Street Press Description Méthodique Du Musée Céramique De La Manufacture Royal De Porcelaine De Sevres
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Legare Street Press La La Ceramica Antica Nellitalia Meridionale
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Legare Street Press Description Methodique Du Musee Ceramique De La Manufacture Royale De Porcelaine De Sevres...
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Legare Street Press The The Bluechina Book
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Legare Street Press The The Majolica Of Mexico
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Legare Street Press Die Die Glasmalerei im alten Frankenlande
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Legare Street Press William de Morgan
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Legare Street Press How to Apply Royal Worcester Matt Bronze La Croix and Dresden Colors
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Legare Street Press Bibliography of Clays and the Ceramic Arts
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Legare Street Press Tyrrhenische Amphoren
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Legare Street Press Stained Glass
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Legare Street Press An Introduction to the Study of Painted Glass
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Legare Street Press Staffordshire Pots Potters
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Legare Street Press Book Of Results Of The Willet Stained Glass And Decorating Company Of Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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Legare Street Press Leçons De Céramique Professées À Lécole Centrale Des Arts Et Manufactures Volume 2...
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Legare Street Press La La Céramique Chinoise
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Legare Street Press Azulejos Datados
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LEGARE STREET PR Rudimentary Treatise On The Art Of Painting On Glass Or Glassstaining
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