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Things of Beauty Growing
British Studio Pottery
Synopsis
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.
Published in association with the Yale Center for British Art and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Exhibition Schedule:
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
(09/14/17-12/03/17)
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
(03/20/18-06/18/18)
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What Reviewers Are Saying
"Combining sumptuous photography with scholarly essays, this book is a heavyweight in more than one sense."-Laura Breen, Decorative Arts Society Newsletter
Things of Beauty Growing: British Studio Pottery was chosen to receive the 2018 ACC Book Award.
Winner of the 2019 the Historians of British Art Award, multi- author category