American Studio Ceramics - Innovation and Identity, 1940 to 1979

Informationen zum Autor Martha Drexler Lynn is an independent scholar and former associate curator of decorative arts at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Klappentext "This book tells the story of the development of the American studio ceramics movement during the period from 1940 to 1979. This history examines the primary people and organizations related to the movement as it transformed itself from a little-known endeavor to one that engaged a large community of practitioners and supporters and gained recognition from validating institutions and other art communities. The structure of the book is chronological, with themes introduced in the relevant chapters and then traced as appropriate across later chapters and decades"-- Zusammenfassung A landmark survey of the formative years of American studio ceramics and the constellation of people! institutions! and events that propelled it from craft to fine art

Product details

• Authors: Martha Drexler Lynn, Lynn Martha Drexler
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9780300212730
• ISBN: 978-0-300-21273-0
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; USA, ART / Ceramics, 20th Century, Ceramic arts, pottery, glass, ART / American / General, ART / Glass, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks