Ceramics

"It is rare to find a book on art that presents complex aesthetic principles in clear readable form. Ceramics, by Philip Rawson, is such a book. I discovered it ten years ago, and today my well-worn copy has scarcely a page on which some statement is not underlined and starred."-Wayne Higby, from the Foreword.

Reprint. Originally published: London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1971. (The Appreciation of the arts ; 6).

Includes index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Part I: General Considerations -- Introduction -- The Existential Base -- The Role of Technology -- Memory-Traces and Meaning -- Tactile Values -- Part II: Techniques -- The Material

Forming: General Hand-Modelling and Beating -- Burnishing -- Wheel-Throwing -- Moulding -- Cutting, etc. -- Turning -- Drying -- Firing -- Kilns -- Slips and Glazes -- Part III: Symbolism of Form -- Ceramics as Treasure -- Life Functions -- Imitation

Ceremonial Tactile Order -- Tactile Texture -- Other Sense Dimensions -- Visual Shape -- Morphology -- Body Images -- The Expression of Ceramic Shape -- Articulation of Units of Shape -- The Modes of Space -- Shape Criteria -- Colour: General -- Colour and Gloss

Individual Colours Black -- White -- Blue: and Complementary After-Images -- Blue-Green and Green: Complex Colours -- Yellows -- Reds -- Lustre -- Surface Design: General -- Graphic Emblems -- Floral Decoratlon -- Rhythm in Decoratlon -- Pictorial Designs

Frieze Depth Perspective Pictorialism -- Far Eastern Pictorial Space -- Pot Surface and iictual Space -- Metaphor and Conceit -- Ceramics and Total Environment -…