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Gifts from the fire : American ceramics, 1880-1950 : from the collection of Martin Eidelberg / Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen and Martin Eidelberg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 255 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1588397327
  • 9781588397324
Other title:
  • American ceramics, 1880-1950 : from the collection of Martin Eidelberg
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 738.0973 23
LOC classification:
  • NK4408 .F74 2021
Summary: From the 1880s to the 1950s, pioneering American artists drew upon the rich traditions and recent innovations of European and Asian ceramics to develop new designs, decorations, and techniques. The extraordinary range and inventiveness of these American interpretations of international trends -- from the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco movements to the modernism of Matisse and the Wiener Werkstätte to abstracted, minimalist styles -- are exemplified in this book by more than 180 works from the outstanding collection of Martin Eidelberg. Splendid new photography and engaging essays by two of the foremost experts on American art pottery trace the period's decorative developments, from sculptural and painted ornament to adornment with deeply colored glazes and textures. Featured makers include the renowned Rookwood, Grueby, and Van Briggle Potteries, as well as leading artists such as Maija Grotell, George E. Ohr, Frederick Hurten Rhead, Louis C. Tiffany, Rockwell Kent, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and Leza McVey. A vivid and accessible overview of American ceramics and ceramists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Gifts from the Fire reveals how artists working in the United States drew upon diverse, global influences to produce works of astonishing variety and ingenuity
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Books Books Stickley Museum Library (Non-Circulating) Main Reading Room NK4408 .F74 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SMCF23010001

"This catalogue is published in conjunction with Gifts from the Fire: American Ceramics from the Collection of Martin Eidelberg, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 21, 2021, through October 16, 2022." -- Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250) and index

From the 1880s to the 1950s, pioneering American artists drew upon the rich traditions and recent innovations of European and Asian ceramics to develop new designs, decorations, and techniques. The extraordinary range and inventiveness of these American interpretations of international trends -- from the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco movements to the modernism of Matisse and the Wiener Werkstätte to abstracted, minimalist styles -- are exemplified in this book by more than 180 works from the outstanding collection of Martin Eidelberg. Splendid new photography and engaging essays by two of the foremost experts on American art pottery trace the period's decorative developments, from sculptural and painted ornament to adornment with deeply colored glazes and textures. Featured makers include the renowned Rookwood, Grueby, and Van Briggle Potteries, as well as leading artists such as Maija Grotell, George E. Ohr, Frederick Hurten Rhead, Louis C. Tiffany, Rockwell Kent, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and Leza McVey. A vivid and accessible overview of American ceramics and ceramists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Gifts from the Fire reveals how artists working in the United States drew upon diverse, global influences to produce works of astonishing variety and ingenuity

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