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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Ceramics and Print
Book SynopsisThis updated third edition explores new techniques in digital and 3D printing, as well as refreshing older techniques such as mono-printing. Printing has become a common part of the ceramic artist's practice and today there are more possibilities than ever before. From low-tech mono-prints to digital laser decal, it is now possible to employ a range of techniques to print on clay and vitreous surfaces. With the ongoing advancement of new technologies and more developed studio-based transfer processes artists continue to push the boundaries of the medium. In this comprehensive update of his popular Ceramics Handbook title, Paul Scott explains the historical context for contemporary printed ceramics before explaining the principles of core techniques and their application in the studio. He explores photographic processes, as well as the new opportunities presented by digital technology, including digital and 3D printing. Illustrated with brand new images of beautiful works by leading artists working in printed ceramics, Ceramics and Print is a must-read guide for artists and makers interested in this ever-developing field.Trade ReviewThis latest revision is quite another matter. The new look book is a larger format (247 x 188) which allows for a better and more attractive layout of information and images...The book is full of ideas...This is an exciting book that touches much and ignites enthusiasm to learn more. -- Liz Lawrence * South Wales Potters Newsletter *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Historical and Industrial Background 2. Colour Transfer Media and Ink - The Basics 3. Monoprinting 4. Lithographic Printing 5. Relief, Intaglio and Lithophanes 6. Stencils and Screenprinting 7. Decals, Photocopies and Digital Prints 8. 3D Printing 9. Photographic Emulsions Conclusion Health and Safety Bibliography Suppliers Index
£23.75
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Kintsugi: The Poetic Mend
Book SynopsisA stunning book on kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with precious metals to highlight its history beautifully. A broken pot is made whole again, and within its golden repair we see a world of meaning. Kintsugi is the art of embracing imperfection. In Western cultures, the aim of repair has been to make the broken item ‘as good as new’. Kintsugi on the other hand, is a Japanese art that leaves an obvious repair – one that may appear fragile, but which actually makes the restored ceramic piece stronger, more beautiful, and more valuable than before. Leaving clear, bold, visible lines with the appearance of solid gold, it never hides the story of the object’s damage. Kintsugi traces memory, bringing together the moment of destruction and the gold seams of repair through finely-honed skills and painstaking, time-consuming labour in the creation of a new pot from the old. There is a story to be told with every crack, every chip. This story inevitably leads to kintsugi’s greatest strength. an intimate metaphoric narrative of loss and recovery, breakage and restoration, tragedy and the ability to overcome it. A kintsugi repair speaks of individuality and uniqueness, fortitude and resilience, and the beauty to be found in survival. Kintsugi leads us to a respectful and appreciative acceptance of hardship and ageing. Author Bonnie Kemske explores kintsugi's metaphorical power as well as exploring the technical and practical aspects of the art, meeting with artists and ceramists in Japan and the US to discuss their personal connection to this intricate technique. With the inclusion of diary entries, personal stories, and in-depth exploration of its origin and symbolism, this book shows kintsugi's metaphoric strength as well as its striking aesthetic, making it a unique and powerful art form that can touch our lives.Trade ReviewThoughtfully written and splendidly illustrated. * The Economist *You’re given the opportunity to travel to Japan through its pages and absorb more of this brilliant philosophy on objects and life. * Stylist *Bonnie Kemske traces the history of the art form in this lavishly illustrated book. * The i *Kintsugi: The Poetic Mend is a beautifully illustrated book where artist, Japanese tea ceremony student and author Bonnie Kemske guides us through the origins and techniques of kintsugi . . . It is visually gorgeous, its selection of pictures exquisite and it taught me a great deal of kintsugi. . . . The book is a testament of a narrative of loss and recovery, breakage and restoration, tragedy and ability to overcome it in respectful acceptance of loss and hardships. -- Eleonora Faina * The Japan Society *Kintsugi reveals how much more varied and exciting the practice of ceramic joining is than the iconic version now known internationally. * The Los Angeles Review of Books *Kemske’s rich and comprehensive survey, which also takes in the ritual of the tea ceremony, the contemporary art scene of kintsugi, and the framing of the techniques as a metaphor for overcoming tragedy and as a model of sustainability, illuminates a complex cultural sensibility with a long pedigree. * World of Interiors *Table of ContentsPrologue 1. Cracks made whole in a golden repair… and Nekowaride 2. Beautiful joins… and kintsugi in Arizona 3. Four historic elements… and a famous temper 4. Materials and techniques… and a collaboration 5. Cracks, breaks and reconstructions: kintsugi in contemporary use… and a visit to Goro 6. A metaphoric world… and a kintsugi repair List of illustrations Endnotes Bibliography Glossary Acknowledgements Index
£25.50
Chris Andrews Publications Ltd The Stained Glass & Chapels of Oxford
Book SynopsisA detailed, information and interesting book on the stained glass of Oxford's colleges, chapels and churches
£25.54
Unicorn Publishing Group Beyond East and West: Memoirs, Portraits and
Book SynopsisBernard Leach (1887-1979) was as renowned in Japan and the East as in Europe and America, both as an artist-craftsman and as a thinker. His interpretation of the traditions of the Orient in the making of pots - and in evolving a philosophy of life - was a lodestar for many potters in the West. Beyond East and West, first published in 1978, is more than an autobiography. Full of sharply- etched and amusing recollections, it contains much of Leach’s deeper thought and a great deal too about the practical application of his ideas. Its recurrent theme is the meeting of East and West at all levels - artistic, cultural, social, political.
£29.75
Unicorn Publishing Group Making Emmanuel Cooper: Life and Work from his
Book SynopsisPotter, writer, teacher, editor, curator and gay rights activist, Emmanuel Cooper was a unique figure in the cultural landscape of this country for almost half a century. When he died in 2012 he left behind not only an extraordinary body of work, but also an archive that illuminated both his own life and career and that of the many other makers, artists and activists who had been his friends, colleagues or the subject of his writing. This book is based almost exclusively on that archive. Using his unpublished memoirs, diaries, and correspondence, Making Emmanuel Cooper illuminates the journey of an intelligent, if unconfident, working class boy growing up in a small north Derbyshire mining village whose life was transformed, firstly at school, by the magic of clay, and then in adult life by the liberation politics of the late 1960s. The book includes a fascinating account of Emmanuel's career as a potter as well as his thoughts on a range of issues from the art versus craft debate through to gay marriage and monogamy, as well his passion for folk art, insights into his work at the Royal College of Art and his editorship of the internationally acclaimed Ceramic Review magazine. Making Emmanuel Cooper also charts his involvement in the gay liberation movement, his journalism for the Morning Star and his part in the creation of the hugely influential Gay Left collective. He was the art critic for the original Gay News and his groundbreaking books on aspects of queer art and culture - including the pioneering The Sexual Perspective - examined issues around sexuality and the visual arts that pre-date the Tate Gallery's recent Queer Art in Britain show by some thirty years. Richly illustrated, Making Emmanuel Cooper is both a personal and a social history that celebrates the life and times of an important artist and remarkable man.Trade ReviewWhen not making his own rather marvellous pots, Emmanuel Cooper spent more than four decades commentating on the ceramic scene and telling the stories of other artists, while rarely talking about his own life and work. These engaging memoirs and writings offer a long-awaited corrective, reminding us of Cooper's central position in the history of studio ceramics, and his remarkable ability to respond with sympathy and insight across its complex and sometimes factional terrain. Alun Graves | Senior Curator, Ceramics and Glass, V&A Museum
£20.00
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Lucie Rie: Modernist Potter
Book SynopsisThe life and legacy of brilliant but elusive potter Lucie Rie is investigated through interviews, letters and the analysis of her elegant, modernist vessels Lucie Rie (1902–1995), one of the 20th century's most celebrated and iconic potters, combined an acute understanding of modernism with the skills of her chosen craft. Emmanuel Cooper, a distinguished potter who knew Rie, interviewed many of her friends and acquaintances to produce this complete and detailed account of Rie's life and work. The author was given unrestricted access by the Rie estate to previously unpublished letters and other material, which provide fascinating new insights into her life and work and allowed him to reevaluate Rie's creative output within the broader context of modernism and the emergence of the studio pottery movement in Britain. ‘It [is] unlikely that this biography of Rie will ever be surpassed.’ —Frances Spalding, Literary Review‘A precious gift, from the only man who could have written it.’ —Glenn Adamson, Crafts MagazineDistributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
£23.75
Unicorn Publishing Group Figures of the Enlightenment: A Catalogue of
Book SynopsisThis book of a significant private collection of eighteenth-century Meissen porcelain has been expertly catalogued and photographed. With over 100 specially commissioned photographs to showcase the objects in the round and close-up, as well as to highlight their important features. There are detailed entries for each item, whilst the introductory essay helps to shed light on these beautiful pieces of Meissen porcelain, many of them extremely rare, and are placed into their historical context. Anyone with an interest in the decorative arts of the eighteenth-century will find this book a feast for the eyes.
£28.50
Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd Italian Maiolica and Other Early Modern Ceramics
Book SynopsisThis is the first catalogue of the collection of early modern ceramics in the Courtauld. The pieces in the collection showcase brilliantly the skill of potters and pottery painters working at the time of Raphael and Titian.Maiolica is one of the most revealing expressions of Renaissance art. Its extraordinary range of colours retain the vividness that they had when they left the potter's kiln. Italian potters absorbed techniques and shapes from the Islamic world and incorporated ornament and subject matter from the arts of ancient Rome. This new approach to pottery making, combined with the invention of printing, woodcut and engraving, resulted in an extraordinary type of painted pottery, praised by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists for 'surpassing the ancient with its brilliance of glaze and variety of painting'.The collection boasts a magnificent group of vessels made during the high Renaissance, the golden age of Italian maiolica. It includes precious and delicate Deruta lustreware with imagery deriving from Perugino and Raphael, as well as vessels painted in a narrative style of pottery painting known as istoriato. Highlights include vessels depicting episodes taken from the first printed Bibles of the Renaissance. Istoriato maiolica flourished particularly in the lands of the Dukes of Urbino, who promoted this craft by sending painted pottery to prestigious patrons across Europe.Emblems and devices painted on the pottery help us understand that they were meant to be used and enjoyed by the elites in Renaissance society, such as the Medici and other great Tuscan families. The catalogue will include two recent gifts to the Courtauld, a rare tile of the famous patroness of the arts Marchioness Isabella D'Este, and a refined dish painted with the story of Diana and Actaeon.All major Renaissance pottery centres are represented in the collection, including Siena, Faenza and Venice, as well as splendid examples of the mysterious pharmacy jars made at the foot of the mountain of Gran Sasso in the town of Castelli d'Abruzzo. These achievements of the art of pottery in the early modern period are completed by fine examples of Ottoman pottery, as well as examples of Valencian lustreware.Sani's introductory essay on the Victorian collector Thomas Gambier Parry will shed new light on the development of this fascinating collection, making links between Gambier Parry's artistic practice and his collecting and revealing new insights into his taste as a collector. Each detailed entry uncovers a wealth of new information on the provenance of the pieces.
£45.00
D Giles Ltd Propagazioni: Giuseppe Penone at Sevres
Book SynopsisA major figure in the Arte Povera movement of the late 1960s, the renowned Italian artist Giuseppe Penone is known for his exploration of the relationship between art and the natural world in a body of work that includes sculpture, performance, works on paper, and even garden design. His first works in porcelain, the exquisite disks presented here draw attention to the moment of touch—the convergence of surface and skin—that underpins so much of his work. Published to accompany The Frick Collection, New York’s temporary installation of works by Penone, this new volume comprises eleven porcelain disks that the artist made during his 2013 residency at the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, the influential porcelain factory founded in the 18th century. A continuation of his Propagazioni (Propagations) series, begun in 1995, which includes various media, each disk bears the imprint of one of the artist’s fingertips. One of them is in gold, its imprint a variation on the artist’s index finger. Never before presented to the public, the installation of the disks in a gallery adjacent to the Frick’s early Italian paintings on gold grounds and the porcelain room kindles a rich artistic dialogue with both porcelain and gold.Table of ContentsDirector’s Foreword by Ian Wardropper; Introduction: “But there on the shining shield”: Giuseppe Penone’s Propagazioni at the Frick by Xavier F. Salomon; Propagazioni in Porcelain: Ripples of Thought after a conversation with Giuseppe Penone by Giulio Dalvit; Installation; Bibliography
£13.46
D Giles Ltd Zao Wou-KI: Watercolors and Ceramics
Book SynopsisZao Wou-Ki (1920–2013) was the first artist of the Chinese diaspora to achieve international recognition and was one of France’s most important painters of the postwar era and beyond. His large abstract canvases were in step with those of New York School artists of the late 1940s and ‘50s and emerged from the growing international impulse for non-objective painting. Zao married western vanguard painting with Chinese traditions of calligraphy and ink drawing and in doing so created a powerful personal aesthetic that was uniquely his own. Drawn largely from European private collections, the works of art in this catalogue have almost never been exhibited before and were deeply personal to Zao. The ceramics consist of two main groups – plates produced in the late 1970s in association with Sèvres, bearing designs created by Zao expressly for this purpose, and later designs from the 2000s painted directly on vases, bowls and plates that were subsequently editioned by Maison Bernardaud in Limoges. Zao worked in watercolour throughout his long life and this catalogue features examples from as early as 1960. But during his last years, the artist rediscovered the medium with newfound enthusiasm and turned increasingly to nature as the source of inspiration. In 2008, he gave up oil painting entirely, and for the next two years, watercolour was his primary form of expression.Table of ContentsFriendship Foreword by Kevin Sharp, Linda W. and S. Herbert Rhea Director, Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Note by Francoise Marquet-Zao; Zao Wou-Ki: The Breath of Life by Gilles Chazal; Catalogue; Checklist; Selected Bibliography by Yann Hendgen; Index; Image Credits
£31.96
D Giles Ltd Colors of Kyoto: The Seifu Yohei Ceramic Studio
Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive look in English at the Seifu Yohei Ceramic Studio in Kyoto, from the Meiji period (1868 1912) to the mid Showa period (1926 89), the James and Christine Heusinger Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art as its core material. The principal essay provides a biography of Seifu Yohei III, the star of the studio and the first ceramist to be named an Imperial Household Artist, as well as an overview of the studio that contextualises it in the world of literati painting, sencha (steeped green tea) and international trade. A second essay offers a brief history of porcelain production in Kyoto, as well as a discussion of objects produced by the Seifu studio for sencha. This catalogue of a hundred works examines the wide variety of forms, decorative techniques and glazes that made the studio's works unique. AUTHORS: Shinya Maezaki is a professor at Kyoto Women's University. Sinead Vilbar is curator of Japanese Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. SELLING POINTS: . Features the Seifu Yohei Ceramic Studio in Kyoto from the Meiji period (1868-1912) to early Showa period (1926-89) . Focuses on the domestic market vs. international market, modernization vs. Westernization, and China as a cultural model . Biographical essay on Seifu Yohei III . Essay on sencha . Great photography of Seifu works displaying a great variety of techniques, glazes, and forms 160 colour illustrationsTable of ContentsDirector’s Foreword; Preface: Pursuit of Perfection by Marjorie L. Williams; Acknowledgements; Establishing Ceramics of Imperial Japan: The Life and Art of Seifū Yohei III by Shinya Maezaki; Porcelain in Kyoto by Sinéad Vilbar; Entries by Sinéad Vilbar; Appendix: Seals and signatures by Sinéad Vilbar; Concordance of Terms by Sinéad Vilbar; Bibliography; Index; The Cleveland Museum of Art Board of Trustees
£21.21
Octopus Publishing Group The Urban Potter: A modern guide to the ancient
Book SynopsisDiscover the slow, tactile art of hand-building ceramics and express yourself through the act of creating unique, timeless pieces for your home.The Urban Potter teaches you how to make beautiful, one-off handcrafted pieces with simple, natural shapes and neutral tones. Ceramicist Emily Proctor's unique, self-taught style embraces irregularity and asymmetry - here, there is no such thing as perfection, every piece is created through an authentic, intuitive process, with no wheel required.The 24 step-by-step projects include functional homeware such as bowls, plates and vases, as well as other decorative accessories, and are ordered by difficulty, making this book suitable for anyone who wants to play with clay, from beginners through to more seasoned ceramicists. For each project, Emily guides you through the whole process and explains all the techniques involved, from slabbing and pinching, to carving and glazing, while also fully leaning into the joys of slow ceramics and the mindful, patient nature of the art.
£19.80
GINGKO Iznik Ceramics at the Benaki Museum
Book SynopsisThe Benaki Museum of Islamic Art in Athens has a substantial collection of Iznik ceramics (tableware, tiles and sherds). Although well-known to those who visit the museum, this collection has never been fully published. John Carswell first studied the objects in the 1980s and started cataloguing them with a view to publication. The project was revived and guided to fruition by the curator of the museum, Mina Moraitou. She has contributed a chapter on Antonis Benakis and the formation of the Iznik collection as well as working on the catalogue which includes 111 objects, 83 tiles and 143 sherds. All the objects are illustrated in colour, some with line drawings.
£54.00
Eiderdown Books Lucie Rie
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£10.44
Unicorn Publishing Group Janet Leach: Potter
Book SynopsisJanet Leach’s childhood in Texas through the Roaring Twenties and the Depression imbued her with resilience and numerous practical skills, initially acquired on her grandparents’ self-sufficient farmstead. At nineteen she took a Greyhound bus to cosmopolitan New York and soon found work as a sculptor’s assistant. During the war she worked on Staten Island, welding the hulls of US-Navy destroyers. After discovering pottery, she met Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, before spending two years potting in Japan, where her love of pottery was sealed. Bernard and Janet planned to marry and build a pottery near Kyoto, but two years absence from St Ives obliged Bernard to return to Cornwall. A year later in 1956, Janet reluctantly left Japan, persuaded to join Bernard in a country completely unknown to her, England. There she stayed, becoming manager of the world-famous Leach Pottery for the next 40 years. This biography uses previously unpublished letters, notebooks and diaries and is a richly-informed portrayal of a pioneering potter.
£21.25
D Giles Limited Porcelain Garden
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£32.03
Rizzoli International Publications Clayful
Book SynopsisA tiny book that showcases some of the world's tiniest ceramics. Often no taller than a few centimetres, miniature ceramics are much smaller than the hands that craft them. Perfectly formed, these minuscule pottery pieces can only hold a small sprig of tiny flowers at most, but they contain all the talent of larger works. Clayful showcases 32 international ceramicists whose miniature vessels invite you to lean in and marvel. With precise craftsmanship, these artists transform clay into joyful interpretations of classic forms and techniques, shrunk down to fit in the palm of your hand.
£13.50
SAR Press Talking with the Clay, 20th Anniversary Revised
Book SynopsisWhen you hold a Pueblo pot in your hands, you feel a tactile connection through the clay to the potter and to centuries of tradition. You will find no better guide to this feeling than Talking with the Clay. Stephen Trimble's photographs capture the spirit of Pueblo pottery in its stunning variety, from the glittering micaceous jars of Taos Pueblo to the famous black ware of San Ildefonso Pueblo, from the bold black-on-white designs of Acoma Pueblo to the rich red and gold polychromes of the Hopi villages. His portraits of potters communicate the elegance and warmth of these artists, for this is the potters' book. Revealed through dozens of conversations, their stories and dreams span seven generations and more than a century, revealing how potterymaking helps bridge the gap between worlds, between humans and clay, springing from old ways but embracing change. In this revised, expanded, and redesigned edition, Trimble brings his classic into the twenty-first century with interviews and photographs from a new generation of potters working to preserve the miraculous balance between tradition and innovation.
£16.10
RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press With Fire: Richard Hirsch
Book SynopsisThis richly illustrated book presents the life of an artist whose career spans some of the most important developments in the American Clay Movement. With Fire is the story of ceramic artist Richard Hirsch, and an examination of the work for which he is so widely celebrated. This richly illustrated book presents the life of an artist whose career spans some of the most important developments in the American Clay Movement. Hirsch established a connection with the legendary Raku and Ohi families, whose influence created a lasting pedagogical and creative link to the West that continues today. SCOTT MEYER is Professor of Ceramics at the University of Montevallo in Alabama. He has authored numerous articles and is the recipient of many awards for creative excellence and teaching. Meyer's work with Richard Hirsch has spanned studio, kiln, writing and instructional workshops.
£18.99
Hassla Books Dan McCarthy: Facepots
Book SynopsisFacepots focuses on the recent ceramic work of New York–based artist Dan McCarthy (born 1962)--highly animated and emotionally charged objects formed through an immediate, hands-on process. The volume situates McCarthy's ceramics historically and includes a visual essay by the artist himself, featuring images and icons that served as inspiration.
£33.57
Gregory R Miller & Company Alice Mackler
Book SynopsisThe first monograph on a beloved American ceramicist who has been making joyful and original work for nearly 80 years Born in 1931, and living in New York, Alice Mackler today is still pushing forward not only her own art but also the boundaries of contemporary art across sculpture, painting, drawing and collage. While long beloved and admired by artists, Mackler over the last few years has finally found the wide and enthusiastic audience she deserves. With a focus on the female figure, Mackler’s work is, as Matthew Higgs writes in this book, “a visceral accumulation of her experiences translated into a material form.” Mackler’s vibrant, voluptuous ceramic sculptures evoke the Venus of Willendorf as well as versions of the female form by Willem de Kooning, Gaston Lachaise and Niki de Saint Phalle. At the same time, her work is in dialogue with contemporary ceramicists such as Ruby Neri, Magdalena Suarez Frimkess and Betty Woodman. The artist cites Paul Klee as an influence on her paintings, which feel rooted in modernism; her drawings call to mind Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet and Saul Steinberg. While these influences and references are telling, this comprehensive overview makes clear that her vision is genuinely her own. As Kelly Taxter writes in the book’s central essay, “Mackler’s visibility resists the seemingly inevitable invisibility that befalls ageing women.” Now approaching the beginning of her ninth decade, Alice Mackler and her art continue to be as vital, urgent and current as ever.
£34.00
Inventory Press LLC Adam Silverman: Common Ground: With Sogetsu
Book SynopsisA celebration of multicultural collaboration through contemporary ceramics and exquisite ikebana arrangements Adam Silverman creates ambitious ceramic work with site-specific materials that engage their places of origin. Similar to a chef cooking with local ingredients, his works are infused with the history, culture, issues and spirit of a place. In the fall of 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe, Silverman began a project to address the political and cultural divisions in America. Silverman collected materials (clay, wood ash and water) from every state and inhabited US territory and combined them into a single, new, fully integrated material. This material was then used to create 56 ceremonial vessels that celebrate the nation’s diversity and the idea of radical inclusivity. A series of 56 Ikebana arrangements made by teachers and students at Sogetsu Ikebana Los Angeles are placed in Silverman’s vessels, creating a powerful pairing of American materials and symbols with Japanese traditions. Adam Silverman (born 1963) is a Los Angeles–based artist known for his experimental processes and resulting sculptural vessels. He is regarded as one of the most dynamic practitioners dedicated to ceramics today. Silverman received bachelor degrees in both fine art and architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design.
£28.90
Blank Forms Ceramics
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£33.41
Editions Flammarion Shiro Tsujimura
Book SynopsisThis monograph on the life and work of iconoclastic Japanese artist Shiro Tsujimura demonstrates how, in his signature self-taught manner, he has reinvented the classic ceramic art form.Shiro Tsujimura is a vanguard contemporary ceramic artist. While his creations and techniques are deeply rooted in traditional Japanese and Korean styles, his independent streak defines his practice with a sense of freedom, playfulness, and self-confidence that results in decidedly unique works. This monograph takes readers inside his studio and home to discover his artistic practice and lifestyle. Axel Vervoordt, Alexandra Munroe, and longtime friend Hiroshi Sugimoto each contribute a highly personal essay, providing rare insight into this magnetic artist. Tsujimura himself shares his approach to ceramics, deeply linked to both his training as a monk and his fierce independence, which drove him from his spiritual practice to become an artist. Each of his creations is pure and soulful, wh
£56.25
Editions Norma Vera Székely
Book SynopsisAfter training as a graphic designer in Hungary, the plastic artist Vera Székely (1919-1994), a member of the Székely-Borderie ceramicist collective, tackled work in clay, metal, wood and glass to reach her artistic fulfillment in textiles. From this point on, Vera Székely acknowledged “swimming and dancing in space to leave a trace in it” with her ephemeral installations of bent felt, her stretched canvas structures and “braced sails” that would be exhibited throughout the world, notably at the Biennale internationale de la tapisserie, Lausanne (1981) the Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou (1982), the Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris (1985), the Lunds Konsthall, Sweden (1988). Text in English and French.
£56.25
Editions Norma René Buthaud: Céramiste Art déco (1886-1986)
Book SynopsisA major figure in decorative arts during the inter-war periods René Buthaud (1886–1986) developed an interest in ceramics upon finishing his studies at the École des beaux-arts de Paris and the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, before being mobilised for the war. At times figurative and at other times geometrical or abstract, his vases met with great success at the Salon d’automne and the Salon des artistes décorateurs in 1920, where he exhibited works with his friends Jean Dunand and Alfred Janniot. From 1928 his works were distributed by the Rouard gallery, and he participated in most Salons as well as the major events of the time: the 1925 International Exhibition of Decorative Arts, the 1931 Colonial Exhibition, and the 1937 Exhibition of Art and Technology. Acting as technical director of the Sainte-Radegonde art pottery works for Primavera from 1923 to 1926, he was especially known and appreciated by the public for his great mastery of crackle enamel, a technique he reintroduced in France. Text in English and French.
£36.00
Dent-De-Leone Pots
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£35.10
Ifao Ceramiques Ptolemaiques de la Region Thebaine
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£47.50
Ifao Fustat II. Fouilles d'Istabl 'Antar: Ceramiques
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£65.55
Ifao Bulletin de Liaison de la Ceramique Egyptienne 29
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£54.15
Editions Norma Elsa Sahal
Book SynopsisTrained at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris in the atelier of Georges Jeanclos, Elsa Sahal quickly focused on working with ceramics for their sensuality and fragility. Former resident at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, in 2013 (Helena, MT), at Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics, in 2009-2010 (Alfred, NY) and at the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres (2007-2008), Elsa Sahal has also taught at the Haute École d'Art et de Design in Geneva and at the École Supérieure d'Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg. She experiments in particular with the idea of volume and balance in sculpture, while returning to an exploration of the themes of the body and femininity. Ambiguous, dense, sensual and colourful, her works oscillate between anthropomorphic landscape and the landscaped body, taking up Cézanne's dream of uniting women's curves with the shoulders of hills. Elsa Sahal conceives, kneads and then produces complex and disturbing forms sustained by dense colours and sublimated through enamel. Winner of the MAIF prize for sculpture, in 2008, and the contemporary sculpture prize awarded by the Fondazione Francesco Messina, in 2007, Elsa Sahal has presented her work in one-woman shows and group exhibitions in numerous museums around the globe: at the Bonnefantenmuseum, 'Ceramix, Ceramic art from Gauguin to Schütte', in 2015 (Maastricht); at the MAD Museum, 'Body and Soul, New International Ceramics', in 2013 (New York); at the Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, 'Sculptures', in 2008 (Paris); and at the Incheon Women Artists Biennale, in 2008 (Korea). Text in English and French.
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Collections of Stained Glass and their Histories
Book SynopsisAt the 25th International Colloquium of the Corpus Vitrearum, which took place in one of the greatest of all museums, The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the researchers of many countries discussed stained glass collections for the first time. The present conference transactions, published in the three official languages of the international Corpus Vitrearum, are dedicated to the reawakening of interest in ancient stained glass from the late eighteenth century. The contributions are concerned partly with the creation of collections and the motives of their collectors, but also with the odyssey of various panels and groups of windows. Other studies address wider aspects of the history of collections and the museum display of stained glass. Anlässlich des 25. Internationalen Kolloquiums des Corpus Vitrearum, das in einem der größten und bedeutendsten Museen der Welt, der Staatlichen Eremitage in Sankt Petersburg, stattfand, wurden Glasmalereisammlungen erstmals von einer internationalen Autorengruppe des Corpus Vitrearum breit diskutiert. Die Beiträge in den drei offiziellen Sprachen des Corpus Vitrearum behandeln das wiedererwachte Interesse an alter Glasmalerei. Die Autoren widmen sich der Entstehung bestimmter Sammlungen, der Motivation der Sammler, oder aber der Odyssee ausgewählter Denkmäler sowie sammlungsgeschichtlichen Aspekten bis hin zu Fragen der musealen Präsentation von Glasmalereien. Lors du 25e Colloque international du Corpus Vitrearum qui a eu lieu à l’Ermitage de Saint-Pétersbourg, un des plus grands et des plus prestigieux musées, les chercheurs venus de nombreux pays ont discuté pour la première fois des collections de vitraux. Les contributions aux actes du colloque, publiées dans les trois langues officielles du Corpus Vitrearum international, sont consacrées au réveil de l’intérêt pour le vitrail ancien. Les articles sont consacrés à la création de plusieurs collections et aux motivations des collectionneurs, ou bien encore à l’odyssée que des panneaux ou des groupes de vitraux ont vécue. Certaines études traitent de l’histoire des collections, des aspects plus généraux du collectionnisme ou de la muséographie du vitrail.Table of ContentsContents/Inhalt/Contenu : Uwe Gast: Glasmalerei-Sammlungen um 1750-1850 - Formen und Funktionen – Elena A. Shlikevich: The History of the Hermitage Stained Glass Collection – Elena Krylova: Restoration of Stained Glass from the State Hermitage Collection: The Problem of Replacement of Lost Fragments – Natalia Sepman: Schweizerische Scheibenrisse des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts in der Sammlung der Eremitage. Geschichte und Charakter der Sammlung – Sylvie Balcon-Berry : De l’église aux collections : histoires de panneaux champenois des XIIe - XIIIe siècles – Karine Boulanger : De la cathédrale au collectionneur : l’exemple de la cathédrale de Clermont – Anna Eavis: An 18th-Century Recusant’s Collection: The Windows of Milton Manor Chapel, Oxfordshire – David King: Early Collections of Stained Glass in Norfolk – Elisabeth Oberhaidacher-Herzig: Die Odyssee einer Ornamentverglasung des späten 13. Jahrhunderts – Daniel Hess: Glasmalerei im Dialog der Künste. Das Germanische Nationalmuseum und seine Glasgemäldesammlung – Isabelle Lecocq : La collection de vitraux des Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire de Bruxelles (MRAH) – Zsuzsanna Van Ruyven-Zeman: Collections of Stained Glass in Dutch Museums, a Survey – Ute Bednarz: Die Glasmalereisammlung des Grafen Hermann von Pückler-Muskau in Cottbus-Branitz – Madeline H. Caviness: The Germanophilia of William Randolph Hearst and the Fate of his Collection – Yves Jolidon: Die Hinterglasmalerei-Sammlung Ruth und Frieder Ryser des Vitrocentre Romont – Oxana Lopatina: European Stained Glass Panels in the Private Collection of Dmitry Shukin in Moscow – Richard Marks: Sir William Burrell and the Formation of his Collection of Stained and Painted Glass – Elizabeth C. Pastan: J. Pierpont Morgan and the Collecting of the 12th Century Stained-Glass Panels from Troyes – Ellen M. Shortell: Visionary Saints in the Gilded Age: The American Afterlife of the Park Abbey Glass – Élisabeth Pillet : Les collections des peintres verriers parisiens – Peter Martin: The Sale of the Altenberg and St. Apern Stained Glass to Shrewsbury – Aránzazu Revuelta Bayod: The Restoration of the Stained Glass Windows of León Cathedral in the Second Half of the 19th Century.
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De Gruyter Naturerkenntnis und Kunstschaffen: Die Discours
Book SynopsisMit diesem Band liegt erstmalig eine vollständige und kommentierte Übersetzung des schriftstellerischen Hauptwerks Bernard Palissys (1510-1590) in deutscher Sprache vor, und damit einer der bedeutendsten altfranzösischen Texte der Frühen Neuzeit. Der Keramikkünstler, für seine Abformungen von Tieren und Pflanzen im „Stil rustique" bekannt, behandelt in den Discours hydrologische, mineralogische und paläontologische Themenfelder der Geowissenschaften. Er plädiert für eine induktive, für seine Zeit fortschrittliche Naturforschung und verschränkt diese mit seiner Keramikkunst. Der Kommentarteil der Publikation analysiert zentrale Begriffe wie Naturnachahmung, Experiment, Modell und Sammlungswesen und deckt so die Bedeutungszusammenhänge von Palissys Erkenntnis- und Wissensbildung auf.
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De Gruyter Die mittelalterlichen Glasmalereien in
Book SynopsisThis book is one of the nine Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (CVMA) volumes in which the medieval stained glass works of Saxony-Anhalt are compiled. It includes sites in the south of the federal state, excluding the cathedrals in Halberstadt and Naumburg. The glass works come from the period between the thirteenth and sixteenth century, and range from the early grisailles in Schulpforte and a Tree of Jesse cycle in Merseburg to pre-Reformation, very colorful imports of stained glass from Nuremberg in Eisleben. They show how this art form borrowed at various times from the east and west, the north and south, and thus arrived at individual solutions. As usual, the volume captivates with its high-quality color and black-and-white photos as well as its embedding of the holdings in art history and history in general.
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De Gruyter La redécouverte de la couleur
Book Synopsis The catalogue is dedicated to diverse aspects of the rediscovery of color in the glass art of the nineteenth and twentieth century. The influential color theories of Isaac Newton, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Owen Jones, or Johannes Itten, which created the theoretical basis, are addressed as well as methods for producing stained glass developed by artists such as Clement Heaton, Charles Wasem, or Marcel Poncet, and Islamic art, which served as a source of inspiration. The examination of color and the expansion of the existing color palette in glass art are then presented based on works created within the context of the opalescent era in American stained glass, the Bauhaus, and the revival of Swiss stained glass by the St-Luc group of artists.
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De Gruyter Glaskunst am Bau und Intermedialität: Das Atelier
Book SynopsisThe leaded and cemented stained glass of the workshop of Heinrich Stäubli (1926-2016), St. Gallen, which is integrated into churches, restaurants, and schools, continues to shape the built environment of Eastern Switzerland today. The output of the workshop is characterized by relations among stained glass, murals, and graphic, textile, and funerary arts. This is the first analysis of the artworks and the estate from the perspective of intermediality and within the framework of modern art history. The study offers a systematic contextualization of Stäubli’s work within the history of stained-glass art in German-speaking countries, elucidating not only the operations of the artistic workshop but, more broadly, the artistic-social relevance of stained glass far beyond Switzerland in the 20th century.
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De Gruyter Glasgalaxien: Über Avantgarde
Book SynopsisAnfang des 20. Jahrhunderts entdeckte die Avantgarde Glas als Material und untersuchte dessen utopisches Potenzial. Berühmt sind Glaskunstwerke wie Bruno Tauts Beitrag zur Werkbundmesse 1914 oder die Gründung der "Gläsernen Kette" 1919. Transparent, fluide, sakral und diaphan – den Weg in die Glasavantgarde hatte die Literatur geebnet, konkret wurde das Denkbild an Orten der Glasproduktion, z.B. in Düsseldorf. Glas fungiert bis heute als Transmitter für künstlerische Gestaltung, als abstrahierendes Element, als Motor im Projekt des Universalunterrichts zwischen Kunst und Gesellschaft. Der Band untersucht Glas als Material und als Denkbild in interdisziplinärer Perspektive von der Kulturgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts bis zur Physik der weichen Materie.
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De Gruyter Gestalterinnen: Frauen, Design und Gesellschaft
Book SynopsisGestalterinnen hatten einen entscheidenden Anteil an der Entwicklung der Moderne im Wien der Zwischenkriegszeit. Die Publikation präsentiert neue Forschungen zu Designerinnen, Keramikerinnen, Modeschöpferinnen, Grafikerinnen, Gartenarchitektinnen, Fotografinnen, Kunsthistorikerinnen und Mäzeninnen. An ihrem Beispiel wird gezeigt, wie angestammte Rollenbilder in der Zwischenkriegszeit aufgebrochen wurden und welch eminente Bedeutung diese Frauen für die Wiener Moderne hatten. Sie setzten sich mit bestehenden Vorurteilen auseinander und schufen neue visuelle Sprachen, um erfolgreich Karriere zu machen. Gleichzeitig trugen sie zu einem kritischen Diskurs über die Emanzipation der Frau bei. Zu den Gestalterinnen der Wiener Moderne gehörten u.a. Emilie Flöge, Mathilde Flögl, Jacqueline Groag, Fanny Harlfinger-Zakucka, Yella Hertzka, Else Hofmann, Hilda Jesser, Maria Likarz, Madame d'Ora, Pauline Metternich-Sándor, Bertha Pappenheim, Marie Reidemeister-Neurath, Lisl Weil, Vally Wieselthier, Helene Wolf und Berta Zuckerkandl
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De Gruyter Thilo Westermann: et l'art de dessiner sous verre
Book SynopsisThilo Westermann is known for his reverse glass paintings, unique prints, and photomontages. The catalogue accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Vitromusée Romont and presents the artist’s work, from the manual processing of picture motifs on the reverse side of glass plates to the migration of forms in his photomontages. In addition to a wide range of color illustrations, the publication brings together contributions by internationally renowned art historians. Thilo Westermann est connu pour ses peintures sous verre, ses tirages uniques et ses photomontages. Le catalogue, qui accompagne l’exposition du même nom présentée au Vitromusée Romont, introduit à l’œuvre de l’artiste, des motifs filigranes gravés à la main au dos de la plaque de verre à la migration des formes dans les photomontages. Richement illustré, l’ouvrage rassemble les contributions d’historien·ne·s de l’art de renommée internationale. With contribution by Avec des contributions deXavier Salmon (Musée du Louvre Paris), Martin Thierer (Munich), Hans Dickel (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen), Christopher L. Maxwell (Art Institute of Chicago), Magali Nachtergael (Université Bordeaux Montaigne), Shao-Lan Hertel (Tsinghua University Art Museum Beijing)
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De Gruyter Porzellan
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De Gruyter Baldwin & Guggisberg: Dans le labyrinthe: Un
Book SynopsisThis publication accompanies the eponymous exhibition at the Vitromusée Romont, for which Philip Baldwin (b. 1947) and Monica Guggisberg (b. 1955) explore the theme of the labyrinth and present several works of glass art from their recent exhibitions in France, England, and Denmark, as well as new works created especially for the Vitromusée Romont. Their preoccupation with ancient history, the migratory nature of humanity, and the interconnected relationships of objects with form, function, aesthetic beauty, and symbolic meaning combine in ways that illustrate the artists' unique perspectives across civilizations going back thousands of years. With contributions from internationally renowned specialists, the catalog reflects the reinterpretation of a classical theme in contemporary glass art. Cette publication est consacrée aux artistes contemporains Philip Baldwin (*1947) et Monica Guggisberg (*1955) et à leur exploration du thème du labyrinthe. Leur intérêt pour l’histoire antique, les pérégrinations de l’humanité et les relations réciproques entre forme, fonction, beauté esthétique et signification symbolique des objets expriment le point de vue unique des artistes. Le livre contient des contributions d’experts de renommée internationale et un essai rédigé par les artistes eux-mêmes qui reflètent les tendances artistiques actuelles et entraînent le lecteur dans un voyage liminal à travers les chemins labyrinthiques de l’art du verre contemporain.
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De Gruyter Porzellan der KPM Berlin 1918−1988
Book SynopsisDas 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 Objekte von wissenschaftlich fundierten Texten sowie Archivfotografien als ein Ergebnis jahrelanger Quellen- und Recherchearbeit. Der Biografieband beschreibt in über 60 Aufsätzen Leben und Arbeit der wichtigsten Entwerfer und komplettiert somit dieses wunderbare Nachschlagewerk für Kunsthandwerk und Design. .
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De Gruyter Bröhan 100: Highlights der Sammlung
Book SynopsisDie sehr reich bebilderte Publikation zur Sammlung des Bröhan-Museums, das 1973 von dem Sammler und Unternehmer Karl H. Bröhan (1921–2000) gegründet wurde, gibt einen Überblick über die wichtigsten designhistorischen Strömungen zwischen 1890 und 1940. Vom französischen Art Nouveau und dem englischen Arts and Crafts Movement über den Jugendstil und die deutsche Werkstättenbewegung, die Wiener Moderne und den internationalen Art Déco bis zur funktionalistischen Gestaltung der 1930er-Jahre wird anhand von 100 Objekten oder Objektpaaren lebendige Kunst- und Sammlungsgeschichte vermittelt. Ein eigener Abschnitt ist den Künstlerinnen und Künstlern der Berliner Secession gewidmet. Ein Muss für Fans von Jugendstil, Art Déco und funktionalistischem Design!
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De Gruyter Hinterglasgemälde aus vier Jahrhunderten im
Book SynopsisThis inventory catalogue presents reverse glass paintings offering outstanding documentation of the history of European reverse glass art from the 16th to the 19th century. The broad technical and artistic spectrum of this art form is shown, as well as its European significance. A documentation of all 153 newly acquired reverse paintings on glass from the internationally important private collection of Gisela and Prof. Wolfgang Steiner is also included. The catalogue section compares the works to their graphic templates. The publication also contains articles on the significance of reverse glass painting and the collecting profile of the world’s largest private reverse glass art collection. Full presentation of the 153 newly acquired, important reverse paintings on glass from the 16th-19th centuries Exhibition Schaezlerpalais AugsburgVorsicht, zerbrechlich! Hinterglasgemälde aus vier JahrhundertenOctober 8, 2022-January 15, 2023
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Harrassowitz Chronological Overview of Pottery from Asyut: A
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Peter Lang AG Her Art: Greek Women in the Arts from Antiquity
Book SynopsisThis is the first publication that narrates the significant contributions of Greek women in the various genres of the arts in a historical perspective from antiquity to contemporary Greece. It discusses Greek women in the disciplines of music, the visual arts, poetry and literature, film and theatre, and history. The historical roles of Greek women in music are examined including the first woman composer with preserved music that is a Byzantine-Greek. Readers will discover that it was a Greek woman philosopher who influenced the formation of Socrates’ thinking and that the Iliad and Odyssey were actually written by a Hellenic woman but were later appropriated by Homer. Classic and contemporary Greek female writers are in the foreground as well as the modern art music and popular music by Greek women composers. The roles of Greek women in drama are examined and the significant works of contemporary Greek women artists are recognized.Table of ContentsContents: Olympia Dukakis: Foreword – Michael Cosmopoulos: Prologue – Diane Touliatos-Miles: Preface – Diane Touliatos-Miles: Greek Women Musicians in Antiquity and Byzantium – John Younger: Tecnitides: Women Artists in Ancient Greece – Gail Holst-Warhaft: Penelope’s Perspective: How Greek Women Poets translate the Classics – Anastasia Siopsi: Greek Women contributing in Art Music in Greece and abroad – Gail Holst-Warhaft: Greek Women and popular («Laika») Music – Vassiliki Rapti: Women in Greek Theatre: Contemporary Adaptations of Ancient Greek Tragedy – Christina Petrinou: Contemporary Greek Women Artists and Painters.
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Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Amphora Research in Castrum Viall on Brijuni
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Kerber Verlag Gereon Krebber: Keramocringe
Book SynopsisSmavos, Tnösis, Cephandrion, and Graue Sonne: These words do not come from science fiction, but are instead the titles of ceramics by Gereon Krebber that are being presented in the exhibition Keramocringe at the Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten in Marl, along with room-dividing works made of burnt wood. This publication documents the sculptures and architecture in the final ensemble before the museum moves to its new location. An in-depth conversation between the artist and Georg Elben, the director of the museum, describes Krebber’s working method and the effect of his works. In the second text, the art historian Maria Müller-Schareck shows how pivotal clay is as a key material for understanding Krebber’s practice. Text in English and German.
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