Description
Book SynopsisWith over 200 full-color photographs of traditional pottery around the world, Global Clay is sure to become a classic for all who love art and pottery and all who are intrigued by the human commonalities revealed through art.
Trade ReviewWhile researchers and educators may find individual chapters useful for discussions about pottery's relationship to people, communities, animals, religion, and the afterlife, the text as a whole is an enjoyable and quick read, with numerous beautiful illustrations that a general audience would also appreciate.
* The Journal of American Folklore *
Ambitious in scope and successful in describing the central role that works of clay have played preserving common cultural narratives . . . Essential. All readers.
* Choice Reviews *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. International Folk Pottery: A Brief Primer
2. Monuments to Clay: Public Markers of Craft Identity
3. The Human Image: Face Jugs and Other People-Pots
4. The Sincerest Form of Flattery: Cross-Cultural Imitations
5. A Clay Menagerie: The Animal World in Ceramics
6. Idols with Feet of Clay: Ceramics and World Religions
7. Returning to Clay: Death and the Afterlife
8. The Last Folk Potters?: Prognosis for the Future
Suggested Reading
Index
