“Combining sumptuous photography with scholarly essays, this book is a heavyweight in more than one sense.”—Laura Breen, <i>Decorative Arts Society Newsletter</i><br /><br /><i>Things of Beauty Growing: British Studio Pottery</i> was chosen to receive the 2018 ACC Book Award.<br /><br />Winner of the 2019 the Historians of British Art Award, multi- author category<br /><br />

For nearly a century British potters have invigorated traditional ceramic forms by developing or reinventing techniques, materials, and means of display. Things of Beauty Growing explores major typologies of the vessel—such as bowl, vase, and charger—that have defined studio ceramics since the early 20th century. It places British studio pottery within the context of objects from Europe, Japan, and Korea and presents essays by an international team of scholars and experts. The book highlights the objects themselves, including new works by Adam Buick, Halima Cassell, and Nao Matsunago, featured alongside works by William Staite Murray, Lucie Rie, Edmund de Waal, and others, many published here for the first time. Rounding out the beautifully illustrated volume is an interview with renowned collector John Driscoll and approximately fifty illustrated short biographies of significant makers.
 
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Product details

ISBN
9780300227468
Published
2017-09-01
Publisher
Yale University Press
Weight
2693 gr
Height
31 mm
Width
25 mm
Thickness
4 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
472

Biographical note

Glenn Adamson is senior research scholar and Martina Droth is deputy director of research and curator of sculpture at the Yale Center for British Art. Simon Olding is director of the Crafts Study Centre and professor of modern crafts at the University for the Creative Arts, UK.