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Reviews This page has reviews of pottery related books that are commonly available on the internet. Most of these can be purchased from Amazon.com but I would also recommend www.dealoz.com for searching for second hand books. This site used to be called Campusi.com and although it is Australian and set up to sell college text books it usually works really well in searching UK sites for cheap second hand books. You can find anything with it. I do not intend to review the normal bunch of pottery guides to the C20th but rather some of the more unusual books that I have come across... except for the first.
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Briglin Pottery 1948-1990: The Story of a Studio Pottery in the West End of London This book tells the story of Briglin Pottery and records it's development over the next 40 odd years. The book was written by Anthea Arnold and published in 2002. The book is written for the collector and is a little dry. If you want to collect Briglin pottery then get a copy of this book for reference, it will prove very useful.
By Anthea Arnold (Author) |
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The Arcanum: Extraordinary True Story of the Invention of European Porcelain So pottery is not about kidnappings, imprisonment, the Philosophers Stone, castles, Kings and Princes....and a secret of a substance worth more than gold ...wrong! It is! Or it was in a little town called Meissen in 1701. This is the amazing story of the invention or 'discovery' in Europe of the secret of porcelain. A secret already known to the Chinese. All the famous porcelain factories that started in the C18th, Chelsea, Derby, Worcester even Serves, they all in turn 'obtained' the secret from the famous Meissen factory. Read this book. It's in paperback. You will not regret it.
By Janet Gleeson (Author) |
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British Studio Ceramics: A History of British Studio Ceramics An excellent history of the last 100 years of ceramics in Britain. Paul's book is stuffed with beautiful large colour pictures of items by all the big names, from Leech and Cardew to St Ives & Camberwell, they are all there. It's nice to see all these items, just a pity that none are accessible on the internet. There is only a small part about Briglin, but this is fair as Briglin was only a side branch in the history of C20th ceramics in Britain. This is a comprehensive guide to C20th ceramics, well worth a read - Big, colorful and interesting!
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The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece Nothing at all to do with ceramics. But a tale of an amazing find. The find of a lifetime. In the early 1990's the 'The Taking of Christ' was uncovered after having become 'lost' for 200 years. The tale of it's discovery and the vivid descriptions of Caravaggio's life make a fascinating tale. Caravaggio was a 'colourful' artist who led a short but significant life. A good tale of hard work rewarded, almost. In the end someone else got there first.
By Jonathan Harr (Author)
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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling : The Painting of the Sistine Chapel Nothing at all to do with ceramics. Not what you might think and most of what you think you know about this great tale is not true. A story well worth telling like the other books listed here. I love the complaints of the priest who could not use the alter in the chapel because of the plaster dust, and the workmen who refused to stop when asked.... in 1508 they still had problems with the builders. Another great read.
By Ross King (Author) |
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Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World I know .. I digress . .. well it's my website! The siege of malta (AD 1565) between the Knights Hospitaller and the Turks (The Ottoman Empire) is not for the feint hearted. If you visit, it's all still there! One of the greatest battles of the period but with absolutely no quarter given on either side...who won? Then the siege of Famagusta (Cyprus, AD 1571). They knew they had to surrender to the Turks when the city ate the last cat. The Mediterranean in the 16th Century was a tough place, a Very tough place. . I enjoyed this book immensely.
By Roger Crowley (Author) |
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Dragon Sea: A True Tale of Treasure, Archeology, and Greed off the Coast of Vietnam Another strange tale. It's hard not to give the game away on this one but there was not much of this blue and white about, a few museums had the odd piece......untill one of the greatest hoards ever found ...... "the extraordinary underworld of shipwrecks" focuses on the effort in the late 1990s to recover a hoard of precious 15th-century porcelain from the sunken Hoi An ship in the Dragon Sea, a stretch of "typhoon-torn" water off the coast of Vietnam. Recommended.
By Frank Pope(Author) |
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Signs and Wonders: Edmund De Waal and the V&A Ceramics Galleries |
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Potter's Book: Bernard Leach |
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SCANDINAVIAN CERAMICS AND GLASS: 1940S TO 1980S: George Fischler & Barrett Gould |
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