Global Clay
eBook - ePub

Global Clay

Themes in World Ceramic Traditions

  1. 356 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Global Clay

Themes in World Ceramic Traditions

About this book

For over 25,000 years, humans across the globe have shaped, decorated, and fired clay. Despite great differences in location and time, universal themes appear in the world's ceramic traditions, including religious influences, human and animal representations, and mortuary pottery. In Global Clay: Themes in World Ceramic Traditions, noted pottery scholar John A. Burrison explores the recurring artistic themes that tie humanity together, explaining how and why those themes appear again and again in worldwide ceramic traditions. The book is richly illustrated with over 200 full-color, cross-cultural illustrations of ceramics from prehistory to the present. Providing an introduction to different styles of folk pottery, extensive suggestions for further reading, and reflections on the future 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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 | International Folk Pottery A Brief Primer
  9. 2 | Monuments to Clay Public Markers of Craft Identity
  10. 3 | The Sincerest Form of Flattery Cross-Cultural Imitations
  11. 4 | The Human Image Face Jugs and Other People Pots
  12. 5 | A Clay Menagerie The Animal World in Ceramics
  13. 6 | Idols with Feet of Clay Ceramics and World Religions
  14. 7 | Returning to Clay Death and the Afterlife
  15. 8 | Living Traditions Today Continuity, Change, Revival
  16. Suggested Reading
  17. Index