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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Publication Date
- 2025-03-04
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9781639368334
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pegasus Books
ISBN-10
1639368337
ISBN-13
9781639368334
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3068278126
Product Key Features
Book Title
Clay : a Human History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2025
Topic
Women, Ceramics, Pottery & Ceramics
Genre
Art, Crafts & Hobbies, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
I thought I knew a lot about pottery, but I didn't, not as much as I do now. From the earliest earthenware to the history of porcelain, along with the author's own progress working with different clays and glazes, I have loved learning from every chapter in this beautiful and affecting book., An engrossing history of the deep connection between humans and clay, electrified by a ceramicist's passion., Clay is a collection of fascinating fragments, from ancient myths to music made in porcelain bowls. Every vase in a museum, every clay shingle on a roof, every pinch pot in an art class could be a potential story to tell. Allan approaches this by going wide, going weird, going personal. She demonstrates a true curator's eye for picking unusual, intriguing examples., Jennifer Lucy Allan--an amateur potter herself--has written a mesmerising history of the practical, spiritual and artistic uses of clay, a deceptively simple material that has, in many ways, helped shape human history. Ranging across time and place, this wonderful book opens up a world of wonder. I learned so much from it--and could not put it down., Jennifer Lucy Allan--an amateur potter hersel-- has written a mesmerising history of the practical, spiritual and artistic uses of clay, a deceptively simple material that has, in many ways, helped shape human history. Ranging across time and place, this wonderful book opens up a world of wonder. I learned so much from it--and could not put it down.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
553.61
Synopsis
A human history told through clay--and how it has shaped us from ancient times to the present day. This book is a love letter to clay, the material that is at the beginning, middle and end of all of our lives; that contains within it the eternal, the elemental, and the everyday. People have been taking handfuls of earth and forming them into their own image since human history began. Human forms are found everywhere there was a ceramic tradition, and there is a ceramic tradition everywhere there was human activity. The clay these figures are made from was formed in deep geological time. It is the material that God, cast as the potter, uses to form Adam in Genesis. Tomb paintings in Egypt show the god Khum at a potter's wheel, throwing a human. Humans first recorded our own history on clay tablets, the shape of the characters influenced by the clay itself. The first love poem was inscribed in a clay tablet, from a Sumerian bride to her king more than 4000 years ago. Born out of a desire to know and understand the mysteries of this material, the spiritual and practical applications of clay in both its micro and macro histories, Clay: A Human History is a book of wonder and insight, a hybrid of archaeology, history and lived experience as an amateur potter.
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