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Things of Beauty Growing

British Studio Pottery

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Yale University Press, United States
Published: 5th Sep 2017
Dimensions: w 242mm h 313mm d 44mm
Weight: 2650g
ISBN-10: 0300227469
ISBN-13: 9780300227468
Barcode No: 9780300227468
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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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"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