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Ceramics / Philip Rawson.

By: Rawson, Philip S.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984Description: xv, 223 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0812211561.Subject(s): Pottery | PorcelainDDC classification: 738
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"It is rare to find a book on art that presents complex aesthetic principles in clear readable form. Ceramics , by Philip Rawson, is such a book. I discovered it ten years ago, and today my well-worn copy has scarcely a page on which some statement is not underlined and starred."--Wayne Higby, from the Foreword

Reprint. Originally published: London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1971. (The Appreciation of the arts ; 6).

Includes index.

CIT Module ARTS 8014 - Core reading.

CIT Module ARTS 8021 - Core reading.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgments (p. xi)
  • Foreword (p. xiii)
  • Part 1 General Considerations (p. 1)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • The Existential Base (p. 3)
  • The Role of Technology (p. 10)
  • Memory-Traces and Meaning (p. 15)
  • Tactile Values (p. 19)
  • Part 2 Techniques (p. 23)
  • The Material (p. 23)
  • Forming: General (p. 28)
  • Hand-Modelling and Beating (p. 29)
  • Burnishing (p. 33)
  • Wheel-Throwing (p. 34)
  • Moulding (p. 40)
  • Cutting, etc. (p. 44)
  • Turning (p. 45)
  • Drying (p. 46)
  • Firing (p. 47)
  • Kilns (p. 50)
  • Slips and Glazes (p. 52)
  • Part 3 Symbolism of Form (p. 64)
  • Ceramics as Treasure (p. 64)
  • Life Functions (p. 69)
  • Imitation (p. 72)
  • Ceremonial (p. 77)
  • Tactile Order (p. 82)
  • Tactile Texture (p. 85)
  • Other Sense Dimensions (p. 87)
  • Visual Shape (p. 91)
  • Morphology (p. 92)
  • Body Images (p. 100)
  • The Expression of Ceramic Shape (p. 103)
  • Articulation of Units of Shape (p. 115)
  • The Modes of Space (p. 118)
  • Shape Criteria (p. 121)
  • Colour: General (p. 127)
  • Colour and Gloss (p. 133)
  • Individual Colours (p. 135)
  • Black (p. 135)
  • White (p. 137)
  • Blue: and Complementary After-Images (p. 139)
  • Blue-Green and Green: Complex Colours (p. 142)
  • Yellows (p. 145)
  • Reds (p. 146)
  • Lustre (p. 150)
  • Surface Design: General (p. 151)
  • Graphic Emblems (p. 158)
  • Floral Decoration (p. 167)
  • Rhythm in Decoration (p. 170)
  • Pictorial Designs (p. 172)
  • Frieze Depth (p. 174)
  • Perspective Pictorialism (p. 178)
  • Far Eastern Pictorial Space (p. 183)
  • Pot Surface and Actual Space (p. 187)
  • Metaphor and Conceit (p. 188)
  • Ceramics and Total Environment (p. 191)
  • Potter's Space (p. 192)
  • Ceramic Sculpture (p. 196)
  • Far Eastern Ceramic Sculpture (p. 197)
  • Ceramic Sculpture and Imaginary Worlds (p. 198)
  • Sculpture in Clay (p. 204)
  • Conclusion (p. 205)
  • Select Index and Glossary (p. 207)
  • Selected List of American Ceramic Artists (p. 213)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Philip Rawson was dean of the School of Art and Design. Goldsmith's College, University of London. He also served as curator of the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art at the University of Durham and had a long career as a specialist in Oriental and Indian art. He authored twenty-five books during his prolific career, including Drawing and Sculpture, which are available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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