Synopses & Reviews
Here is the first complete historical survey of American ceramics. Beginning with the red earthenware made by the potters of Jamestown in 1607 and continuing through objects made by contemporary ceramic artists, this authoritative, carefully researched volume canvasses the major developments and practitioners of the art.
Illustrated and discussed are yellowware, spongeware, and Tucker porcelain; the art potteries of the late 1800s -- Rookwood, Grueby, and Newcomb; Art Nouveau works by Tiffany and Van Briggle; Art Deco ceramics, particularly those of Adelaide Alsop Robineau; commercially manufactured ceramics such as Fiesta ware and Lenox; and modern works by such artists as Robert Arneson, Peter Voulkos, Charles Simonds, and Mary Frank.
Table of Contents
pt. 1.From folk pottery to industry 1600-1876 --ch. 1.Handcraft foundation for clay --ch. 2.Industrialization of clay --pt. 2.Art pottery movement 1876-1918 --ch. 3.Arts and crafts movement --ch. 4.Early art potteries --ch. 5.Art nouveau: form and decoration unified --ch. 6.Consequences of the art pottery movement --pt. 3.Art deco: the dominance of sculpture 1918-1942 --ch. 7.American decorative arts --ch. 8.Depression sculpture --pt. 4.Vessel revival 1930-1955 --ch. 9.Three directions for the vessel --ch. 10.Defining a vessel aesthetic --pt. 5.Abstract expressionism: its effects and ramifications 1955-1965 --ch. 11.Postwar artistic ferment --ch. 12.Transformations in form and surface --pt. 6.Clay for an age of contradictions 1965-1975 --ch. 13.Realism and the common object --ch. 14.Resilient vessel --ch. 15.Abstract and architectonic imagery --pt. 7.Post-modernism 1975-1987 --ch. 16.Figurative imagery and the human condition --ch. 17.Permissive pluralism.