Antique Pottery Porcelain - World Ceramics (1000+ Photos) / Oversize Book

Description

1,019 black-and-white photographs and 62 full-page color plates complement an extremely rich narrative which reviews in-depth the history of antique pottery and porcelain.   As an identification guide, this early out-of-print book is an invaluable resource reference work.
WORLD CERAMICS: AN ILLUSTRATED  HISTORY  FROM  EARLIEST  TIMES
edited by Robert J. Charleston, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., NY, 1968/1971.
“Comprehensive in every way, this exciting visual history of ceramics shows all the diversity of this subject in well over a thousand illustrations—over sixty in color.  The dual role of ceramics—its evolution as a utilitarian craft, as well as its elaboration into a decorative art—is fascinatingly displayed in all its contexts, from the peasant’s hearth to the courts of kings.  This history reaches far back into remotest antiquity to the earliest archaeological discoveries of crude baked clay vessels.  All the mainstreams of ceramic tradition…are traced through prehistory, the medieval and Renaissance periods, the age of elegance, followed by the industrial revolution, right up to the present day…. from the most utilitarian wares to the strangest ritual objects, from the most simple and classical shapes to the most elaborate and ornate sculptural forms and from small and frivolous items—like scent-sprays and artificial flowers—to the most grandiose architectural schemes of panels and decorative tiles.”  The author, a former ceramics curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum has drawn upon the expertise of many in order to create this sumptuously illustrated survey of ceramic arts, a book for the general reader as well as collectors or dealers of all levels of experience.
Oversize / heavy 10“ x 13.5“ hardback with dust cover in good condition. 352 pages.
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