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5.0 out of 5 stars About This Book..., April 16, 2010
This review is from: The History of American Ceramics: From Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms, 1607 to the present (Hardcover)
A typically high-calibre piece of work from Abrams: large hardcover, 352 pp, 4.5 pounds, sewn binding, cloth over boards. Illustrations throughout. End Notes, Bibliography, Index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

From Folk Pottery to Industry 1600-1876
- A Handcraft Foundation for Clay
- the Industrialization of Clay

The Art Pottery Movement 1876-1918
- The Arts and Crafts Movement
- The Early Art Potteries
- Art Nouveau: Form and Decoration United
- The Consequences of the Art Pottery Movement

Art Deco: The Dominance of Sculpture 1918-1942
- American Decorative Arts
- Depression Sculpture

The Vessel Revival 1930-1955
- Three Directions for the Vessel
- Defining a Vessel Aesthetic

Abstract Expressionism: Its Effects and Ramifications 1955-1965
- Postwar Artistic Ferment
- Transformations in Form and Surface

Clay for an Age of Contradictions 1965-1975
- Realism and the Common Object
- The Resilient Vessel
- Abstract and Architectonic Imagery

Post-Modernism 1975-1987
- Figurative Imagery and the Human Condition
- Permissive Pluralism
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