iandol on sun 5 oct 03
Dear Lee Love,=20
In recommending this book, I think it should be made clear that it is =
about Design and Aesthetics. And in that field you appraisal may be =
warranted. But there are other books for which your claim <single most important book on Ceramics ever published>> could be made.
I found it a difficult book to read. But it is a text which could be =
suited and analysed.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis. Redhill.
Lee Love on sun 5 oct 03
---- Original Message -----
From: "George Koller"
>Can someone recommend a non-technical book that does an authoritive
>job of this?
Ceramics
Philip Rawson. Foreword by Wayne Higby
240 pages | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 | 203 illus.
Paper 1984 | ISBN 0-8122-1156-1 | $21.95t | £15.50
George, this is the single most important book on Ceramics ever published.
I'm wearing mine out and need to buy another. :^) But have in mind,
that a specialize language isn't necessary to experience and talk about fine
glazes and pots.
"With the unassuming title of Ceramics, Rawson has presented a very clear,
orderly and thought-provoking guide for discussion. He provides words for
those nebulous, or nonexistent, thoughts that students avoid talking about
in critiques, and our professional associates talk all around, using
whatever art language is being worn out at the time--'Is your work
postmodernist yet?' Now we have no excuse to complain that there is no
vocabulary."--National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Newsletter
Read more here:
http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/1555.html
Lee In Mashiko
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