Gifts from the Fire - American Ceramics, 1880-1950
This illustrated history highlights the diversity and innovation of American ceramics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as artists responded to historical precedents and emerging…
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This illustrated history highlights the diversity and innovation of American ceramics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as artists responded to historical precedents and emerging modernist styles around the worldBetween the early 1880s and the early 1950s, pioneering American artists drew upon the rich traditions and recent innovations of European and Asian ceramics to develop new designs, decorations, and techniques. With splendid new photography, this book showcases these American interpretations of international trends, from the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco movements, through the modernism of Matisse and the Wiener Werksttte, to abstracted, minimalist styles.Illustrations of more than 180 exemplary works--some of these never before published--accompany engaging essays by two of the foremost experts on American art pottery. The featured makers
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