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Author
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The fascinating story of the American art pottery movement told through hundreds of distinctive works. During the height of the Arts and Crafts era in Europe and the United States, from the late 1800s until World War I, American ceramics were transformed from industrially produced ornamental and table wares to aesthetically and technologically innovative art pottery. This fascinating history is exemplified by the outstanding works in the collection...
Author
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"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 Werkst̃tte to abstracted, minimalist styles -- are exemplified...