The Ceramics of William H. Grueby
The Ceramics of William H. Grueby

Author: Susan J. Montgomery

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13:

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THE CERAMICS OF WILLIAM H. GRUEBY by Susan J. Montgomery. The much-anticipated text on Grueby Pottery, the quintessential decorative ceramics of the Arts & Crafts movement. This work, Dr. Montgomery's doctoral dissertation, examines both the broad context of international reform & the unique contribution of a talented & devoted team of artists. Thirty-two pages of color picturing over 100 pieces, plus 127 black & white photographs. $40.00 softcover (0-9637896-3-5); $55.00 hardcover (0-9637896-0-0). Add $2.00 shipping & handling for the first book, $1.25 each additional book. Also available from the ARTS & CRAFTS QUARTERLY PRESS, THE FULPER BOOK by John Hibel, Carole Goldman Hibel, & Robert DeFalco with text by David Rago. This book includes 96 pages of densely-illustrated text, picturing over 100 exceptional pieces in full-color, & a bound-in shape book, cataloging hundreds of forms. Available in softcover for $35.00 (0-9637896-2-7); hardcover $55.00 (0-9637896-1-9). Please include shipping & handling charges. Quantity discounts are available for purchases of five or more copies from Arts & Crafts Quarterly Press, 9 South Main St., Lambertville, NJ 08530; 609-397-4104.

American Art Pottery
American Art Pottery

Author: Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2018-09-25

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1588395960

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana} At the height of the Arts and Crafts era in Europe and the United States, American ceramics were transformed from industrially produced ornamental works to handcrafted art pottery. Celebrated ceramists such as George E. Ohr, Hugh C. Robertson, and M. Louise McLaughlin, and prize-winning potteries, including Grueby and Rookwood, harnessed the potential of the medium to create an astonishing range of dynamic forms and experimental glazes. Spanning the period from the 1870s to the 1950s, this volume chronicles the history of American art pottery through more than three hundred works in the outstanding collection of Robert A. Ellison Jr. In a series of fascinating chapters, the authors place these works in the context of turn-of-the-century commerce, design, and social history. Driven to innovate and at times fiercely competitive, some ceramists strove to discover and patent new styles and aesthetics, while others pursued more utopian aims, establishing artist communities that promoted education and handwork as therapy. Written by a team of esteemed scholars and copiously illustrated with sumptuous images, this book imparts a full understanding of American art pottery while celebrating the legacy of a visionary collector.

Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau

Author: Gabriel P. Weisberg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1135023131

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First published in 1998. Design reform in the fields of architecture and the decorative or applied arts became objectified through writings published during the period of 1885 to 1910. This investigation includes, but is not limited to, Art Nouveau in France and Belgium, and the arts and crafts movement in England and the United States. Even though the similar processes of creativity and shared goals of Art Nouveau and the arts and crafts movement have long been recognized, attempts to explore their origins and their points of interrelation with the broader scope of art history have been largely unsuccessful—until now.

American Ceramics, 1876 to the Present
American Ceramics, 1876 to the Present

Author: Garth Clark

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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"In American Ceramics: 1876 to the present, the noted ceramics authority Garth Clark gives us the most richly illustrated, up-to-the minute, and comprehensive publication on the history and triumph of our most tactile art. With a text that elegantly marries cultural history to critical analysis, Clark reveals, decade by decade, how American ceramics emerged from an incipient art-pottery movement in the late nineteenth century to its position of international preeminence in the last thirty-five years. Clark's cogent narrative and aesthetic insights are illuminated by more than one hundred color and 140 black-and-white reproductions, which enable us to see afresh the full range of imagery and forms--pottery, sculpture, events, and environments--that American artists have created with clay during the past one hundred eleven years. We are informed of the divers achievements of more than two hundred artists, from the pioneering potters Mary Louise McLaughlin, Maria Longworth Nichols, and, later, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and the maverick George Ohr to such contemporary figures as Peter Voulkos, Robert Arneson, Kenneth Price, Jim Melchert, Betty Woodman, Viola Frey, Beatrice Wood, and Adrian Saxe. This encyclopedic work concludes with an extensive chronology of ceramic milestone, a list of significant exhibitions, and more than 170 biographical essays illustrated with photographs of the artists. The bibliography is the most comprehensive ever compiled on American ceramics and includes 1,200 entries indexed by both subject and artist." -- Publisher's description

The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts

Author: Gordon Campbell

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2006-11-09

Total Pages: 1277

ISBN-13: 0195189485

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The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western culture. With over 1,000 entries, as well as hundreds drawn from the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, this topical collection is a valuable resource for those interested in the history, practice, and mechanics of the decorative arts. Accompanied by almost 100 color and more than 500 black and white illustrations, the 1,290 pages of this title include hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen, the qualities and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on art forms and style. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, and the Wiener Wekstatte, or delve into the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms.

The Design Encyclopedia
The Design Encyclopedia

Author: Mel Byars

Publisher: Museum of Modern Art

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 838

ISBN-13:

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Design has an increasingly high profile - figures like Philippe Starck are as venerated and well known as more traditional artists. But where the literature on fine art is vast, design is still conparatively ill-served. This encyclopedia provides an account of the still largely unknown story of design.

A Century of Ceramics in the United States, 1878-1978
A Century of Ceramics in the United States, 1878-1978

Author: Garth Clark

Publisher: New York : E. P. Dutton

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13:

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From the Inside Cover: The history of American ceramics from the celebration of the Centennial (1876) to the present day is rich, varied, and relatively undocumented. It is a period studded with men and women of genius, uncompromising ethical standards, and engaging eccentricity. The purpose of the exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, and this book based on it is to present the history of American ceramics, its aesthetic and its influence, and so provide a perspective. Comprised of over 400 pieces, the majority of which are illustrated in this book, the exhibition and book span one hundred years of creative endeavor. In the decade-by-decade presentation, a variety of styles, philosophies, and techniques of ceramic artists is shown in this first study focusing on the role of ceramics in the modern, decorative, and fine arts of the United States. The journey of self-discovery and purpose that is surveyed here is an extraordinary one. It takes the ceramic medium in the United States from an imitative, exploratory stance in the late nineteenth century to a vanguardist role in the 1950s and beyond. The achievement is twofold. On the one hand, the American ceramists had established a beachhead for a traditional craft medium in the fine arts, redefining the vessel aesthetic and presenting ceramic sculpture as an intimate and meaningful alternative to the cerebral quality of postwar metal sculpture. More broadly, however, it reflects the triumph of a nation that has been able to achieve a cultural voice and identity through the arts in the brief space of one hundred years.

Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights

Author: Andrew S. Dolkart

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2001-03-15

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780231078511

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Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of the United States and Japan during the closing days of World War II. Kort opens with a summary of the debate over Hiroshima as it has evolved since 1945. He then provides a historical overview of thye events in question, beginning with the decision and program to build the atomic bomb. Detailing the sequence of events leading to Japan's surrender, he revisits the decisive battles of the Pacific War and the motivations of American and Japanese leaders. Finally, Kort examines ten key issues in the discussion of Hiroshima and guides readers to relevant primary source documents, scholarly books, and articles.