Contemporary Ceramics Thames & Hudson (370059522)

Worldwide survey of innovative work, ranging from makers of functional ceramic objects such as teapots and tableware to thosse exploring the possibles of clay as artistic medium. Над останнім десятиріччям, наповнюючи шерсть, что традиционно существует между реальностями прекрасного искусства и косметики, resulted in shift v perception of what ceramics can be and can mean. Все области ceramic practice been revitalizated as result―the creative possibles that artists, lured by the plastic and tactile quality of clay, have brought with them in ceramics have influences ceramists of all backgrounds. Analyzing work from the last years, this book covers every aspect of contemporary ceramic practice and includes work of all sizes of from inches to large-scale installations. Это организованный в пять основных chapters: * основная функция: оригинал иет функциональные ceramics * Defining Space: wheel-thrown shapes, slip-cast forms, и hand-built structures * Mind the Gap: socultural work from precise and mechanical to free site-specific a environmental * Line of Beauty: collaborations between art and industry that result from advances in technology Contemporary Ceramics andincludes biographies of featured ceramists and directory of museums and galleries. 611 color illustrations