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Arneson and the Object
ISBN: 9780911209617 / Angielski / Miękka / 49 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I have been working with polychrome low-fire ceramics making objects and sculpture, arts, and crafts but never tiles for my floor." --Robert Arneson, 1970 This catalogue, which accompanied an exhibition of the same name at the Palmer Museum of Art, provides new insight into the significance of the sculpture of Robert Arneson (1930-1992), an internationally acclaimed artist and influential teacher. Through much of his career, Arneson concentrated on making ceramic sculptures either of himself or of commonplace objects from bricks to toasters and telephones. Arneson's sculptures of... "I have been working with polychrome low-fire ceramics making objects and sculpture, arts, and crafts but never tiles for my floor." --Robert Arnes... |
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97,70 zł |
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Newcomb Pottery: An Enterprise for Southern Women, 1895-1940
ISBN: 9780916838997 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This beautifully illustrated sourcebook chronicles the history of the Newcomb Pottery at Tulane University in Louisiana from its founding in 1895. It explores the development of the art form, and presents a sensitive picture of the artists themselves. It includes a section on marks and dating by Walter Bob, as well as a complete exhibition catalog compiled by Sally Main Spanola, assistant curator.
This beautifully illustrated sourcebook chronicles the history of the Newcomb Pottery at Tulane University in Louisiana from its founding in 1895. It ...
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118,28 zł |
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The Complete Book of Florence Ceramics
ISBN: 9780764315282 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Florence Ceramics Company of Pasadena, California, produced historical and literary figurines, birds, animals, figural pairs, and an extensive line of artware from the early 1940s to 1964. This wonderfully illustrated book identifies them all, complete with names, sizes, colors, current values, and many additional details. Ceramic enthusiasts will enjoy the history of how company founder Florence Ward got her start in the ceramics business and how she researched the designs and period costumes of the figurines. Also included is a discussion of how the wares were produced, patent...
The Florence Ceramics Company of Pasadena, California, produced historical and literary figurines, birds, animals, figural pairs, and an extensive lin...
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144,01 zł |
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The Encyclopedia of American Art Tiles: Region 3 Midwestern States
ISBN: 9780764322310 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over 4500 images appear in this beautiful and comprehensive, four-volume set. This massive compilation reveals the great diversity and intrinsic beauty of art tiles produced across the length and breadth of the United States from the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries. Tile installations of great beauty include panels, individual tiles, and inserts adorning building facades, interiors, furniture, and garden ornaments. These volumes explore the wildly varying themes and distinctive art styles of six regions of the nation. Among the 161 companies represented are A. E. Hull,...
Over 4500 images appear in this beautiful and comprehensive, four-volume set. This massive compilation reveals the great diversity and intrinsic beaut...
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329,23 zł |
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Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China (16 vols)
ISBN: 9789004167537 / Angielski / Book / 5000 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unparalleled reference work offers an overview of ceramics from China. The 16 volumes are arranged by region and contain high quality images of ceramics and detailed descriptions in Chinese and English. The Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China together with the companion set The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China provide an indispensable reference tool for the study of Chinese art. This title is a bilingual English-Chinese publication, published by Science Press. BRILL has exclusive distribution rights outside of China.
This unparalleled reference work offers an overview of ceramics from China. The 16 volumes are arranged by region and contain high quality images of c...
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6069,54 zł |
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Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections
ISBN: 9789074822169 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An enduring witness to Dutch-Japanese relations is Arita export porcelain made for the Dutch market in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was instrumental in ordering and distributing a variety of export wares. Private trade also played an important role. This resulted in the importation of large amounts of Japanese porcelain into The Netherlands, particularly during a period when Chinese porcelain was not available. These objects were assimilated into Dutch life and they stimulated the interest in exotica from the Orient. While many of these exquisite pieces have...
An enduring witness to Dutch-Japanese relations is Arita export porcelain made for the Dutch market in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Dutch East Ind...
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225,74 zł |
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Outside the Ordinary: Contemporary Art in Glass, Wood, and Ceramics from the Wolf Collection
ISBN: 9780821418611 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the premier private collections of contemporary craft, the Nancy and David Wolf Collection features outstanding creations by the foremost artists working in craft media today, including Howard Ben Tre, Dale Chihuly, William Morris, Wendell Castle, David Ellsworth, Virginia Dotson, Michael Lucero, Michelle Holzapfel, Theman Statom, Ginny Ruffner, Akio Takamori, and Betty Woodman.
"Outside the Ordinary: Contemporary Art in Glass, Wood, and Ceramics from the Wolf Collection "introduces audiences to sixty seven masterworks selected from this vast collection, carefully documented and... One of the premier private collections of contemporary craft, the Nancy and David Wolf Collection features outstanding creations by the foremost artis...
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117,25 zł |
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Dreaming in Clay on the Coast of Mississippi: Love and Art at Shearwater
ISBN: 9781604734591 / Angielski / Miękka / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Almost a century ago, Annette McConnell Anderson, a New Orleans society woman, vowed that her three sons would become artists. Turning her back on bourgeois life and abetted by her skeptical husband---a grain merchant---she bought twenty-eight acres of woodland on the Mississippi Sound. Beside a sleepy bayou, in the shade of towering pines and magnolias, she opened an art colony, one of the first of its kind in the South. Backed by his mother's passion for art, her oldest son Peter Anderson founded Shearwater Pottery. Yearning -to make Shearwater synonymous with perfection, - he drew... Almost a century ago, Annette McConnell Anderson, a New Orleans society woman, vowed that her three sons would become artists. Turning her back on ... |
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136,80 zł |
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This Blessed Plot, This Earth: English Pottery Studies in Honour of Jonathan Horne
ISBN: 9781907372094 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This beautiful book celebrates the career of Jonathan Horne FSA MBE, an international authority on English pottery and for 40 years a London dealer at the top of his field. Bringing together many of the world s leading scholars, curators and archaeologists, this book offers fresh insight and cutting-edge research in the field of English pottery and its historical context. The breadth and variety of papers, together with an extensive up-to-date bibliography, will provide an essential resource for scholars of British social history, archaeology and art history.REVIEWS Jonathan Horne was an...
This beautiful book celebrates the career of Jonathan Horne FSA MBE, an international authority on English pottery and for 40 years a London dealer at...
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205,80 zł |
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Santa Barbara Ceramic Design: Art Pottery from America's Riviera
ISBN: 9780764338885 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With pottery production migrating to Asia in the latter part of the twentieth century, Santa Barbara Ceramic Design (SBCD) was something of an anomaly-a homegrown studio producing unique decorative and functional ceramic art. This is the story of SBCD and how a studio pottery defined by one person producing hand-thrown, hand -decorated pottery evolved into a full-blown production pottery with distinct colorways, shapes, and designs. Complete with copious primary sources and company ephemera, this profile captures the voices of the creative forces behind SBCD, its company culture, and works...
With pottery production migrating to Asia in the latter part of the twentieth century, Santa Barbara Ceramic Design (SBCD) was something of an anomaly...
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190,31 zł |
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Pillin Pottery
ISBN: 9780764339226 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Described by many as Picasso-esque, Polia Pillin's works of art have gained tremendous attention in the art pottery market in recent years. With hundreds of Pillin's pieces captured in more than 700 color photos, this is a comprehensive catalog of her art pottery from the late 1940s until the late 1980s. Featured pieces, with values, include decorated and non-decorated pottery. Pillin's range of subjects are all presented here, including women, men, children, cats, nudes, equestrian scenes, circus performers, fish, birds, and creatures of unknown origin. These themes, often presented with the...
Described by many as Picasso-esque, Polia Pillin's works of art have gained tremendous attention in the art pottery market in recent years. With hundr...
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282,92 zł |
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The Encyclopedia of American Art Tiles: Region 6 Southern California
ISBN: 9780764322303 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over 4500 images appear in this beautiful and comprehensive, four-volume set. This massive compilation reveals the great diversity and intrinsic beauty of art tiles produced across the length and breadth of the United States from the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries. Tile installations of great beauty include panels, individual tiles, and inserts adorning building facades, interiors, furniture, and garden ornaments. These volumes explore the wildly varying themes and distinctive art styles of six regions of the nation. Among the 161 companies represented are A. E. Hull,...
Over 4500 images appear in this beautiful and comprehensive, four-volume set. This massive compilation reveals the great diversity and intrinsic beaut...
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329,23 zł |
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The Encyclopedia of American Art Tiles: Region 4 South and Southwestern States; Region 5 Northwest and Northern California
ISBN: 9780764322358 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over 4500 images appear in this beautiful and comprehensive, four-volume set. This massive compilation reveals the great diversity and intrinsic beauty of art tiles produced across the length and breadth of the United States from the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries. Tile installations of great beauty include panels, individual tiles, and inserts adorning building facades, interiors, furniture, and garden ornaments. These volumes explore the wildly varying themes and distinctive art styles of six regions of the nation. Among the 161 companies represented are A. E. Hull,...
Over 4500 images appear in this beautiful and comprehensive, four-volume set. This massive compilation reveals the great diversity and intrinsic beaut...
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329,23 zł |
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A Guide to Modelling in Clay and Wax: And for Terra Cotta, Bronze and Silver Chasing and Embossing, Carving in Marble and Alabaster, Moulding and Cast
ISBN: 9781447423133 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book is a complete and beginner-friendly guide to modelling with clay and wax, including directions for bronze and silver chasing and embossing, carving in marble and alabaster, and moulding and casting in plaster of Paris. Written in simple, plain language and profusely illustrated, this volume is ideal for the beginner, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: Antiquity of Sculpture, Egyptian Art, Ancient Pottery, Rock Statues, Tinted Statuary, Sculpture Previous to the Great Exhibition of 1851, Photographs of Sculptures,...
This vintage book is a complete and beginner-friendly guide to modelling with clay and wax, including directions for bronze and silver chasing and emb...
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142,38 zł |
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Clay's Tectonic Shift: John Mason, Ken Price, and Peter Voulkos, 1956-1968
ISBN: 9781606061053 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Looks at the work of three artists who paved the way for ceramics to be considered fine art. This title focuses on artists John Mason (b 1927), Kenneth Price (b 1935), and Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) and their radical early work in post-war Los Angeles where they formed the vanguard of a new California ceramics movement.
Looks at the work of three artists who paved the way for ceramics to be considered fine art. This title focuses on artists John Mason (b 1927), Kennet...
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231,53 zł |
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Glidden Pottery: Alfred Mid-Century Highstyle Stoneware
ISBN: 9781612330167 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the fascinating story of the company and the people who produced Glidden pottery. The first section of the book tells about the history of the company, the important designers who worked there, and the wonderful designs they created. The second section of the book contains a richly-illustrated catalog of Glidden pottery. The photo illustrations show the patterns and shapes produced by the company, arranged by number, at a level of detail never before available. The catalog also features the authors informative commentary about individual pieces. This book is the most complete...
This book is the fascinating story of the company and the people who produced Glidden pottery. The first section of the book tells about the history o...
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358,50 zł |
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Royal Copley: Identification and Price Guide
ISBN: 9780887407390 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally sold in five-and-ten-cent stores during the 1940s and 1950s, expertly modeled and colorfully decorated Royal Copley figurines, banks, planters, and other items have become one of today's hottest ceramic collectibles. In this first new book on the subject in 10 years, Mike Schneider uses more than 500 color photos to present 875 pieces of Royal Copley, including many previously unknown examples that have never appeared in a book before. Estimated values, based on the current market, are included in the captions, along with measurements and information about marks. Also included is a...
Originally sold in five-and-ten-cent stores during the 1940s and 1950s, expertly modeled and colorfully decorated Royal Copley figurines, banks, plant...
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144,01 zł |
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Freeman-McFarlin Pottery: 1951-1980
ISBN: 9780764341625 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book devoted entirely to the vast array of wonderful animal sculptures and decorative items produced by Freeman-McFarlin Pottery, located in California from 1951 through 1980. This book contains over 480 vivid photos and vintage catalog pages, interviews with former employees, and a price guide. Learn the story of the overlapping histories of other California Potteries owned by Gerald McFarlin prior to his partnership with Maynard Anthony Freeman, including Tudor Pottery, Rio Hondo, and McFarlin Potteries. The early years are defined by cute miniature animals and...
This is the first book devoted entirely to the vast array of wonderful animal sculptures and decorative items produced by Freeman-McFarlin Pottery, lo...
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144,01 zł |
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The Medieval Stained Glass of Merton College, Oxford Set
ISBN: 9780197265444 / Angielski / Pudełko z zestawem (boxed set) / 762 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first full study of the important medieval stained glass of Merton College, Oxford. The scheme in the chapel is exceptionally well preserved; with the nave of York Minster, it represents the largest surviving set of early fourteenth-century windows in Britain. Research for this volume in the rich college archives has provided a new date for them, and identified the glazier, whose business is considered locally. Outstanding early fifteenth-century panels from the transepts are attributed to the workshop of Thomas Glazier, who had worked for William of Wykeham, Chancellor of...
This is the first full study of the important medieval stained glass of Merton College, Oxford. The scheme in the chapel is exceptionally well preserv...
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926,10 zł |
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Mirrors of Clay: Reflections of Ancient Andean Life in Ceramics from the Sam Olden Collection
ISBN: 9781617037955 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mirrors of Clay: Reflections of Ancient Andean Life in Ceramics from the Sam Olden Collection features photographs and descriptions of sixty ceramic vessels from ancient Andean American cultures, including the Cupisnique, Chavin, Vicus, Nazca, Moche, Tiwanaku, Lambayeque, and Chimu, which flourished between 1200 BCE and 1550 CE. These distinctive ceramic vessels, selected from the collection of Sam Olden, were given to the Mississippi Museum of Art and are included in a special exhibition presented by the museum and Jackson State University. The pieces reveal each culture's stylistic...
Mirrors of Clay: Reflections of Ancient Andean Life in Ceramics from the Sam Olden Collection features photographs and descriptions of sixty ce...
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68,38 zł |