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Ceramics

Resources for Researching Ceramics

Books: Ceramic History/Theory

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Ceramic Masterpieces: Art, Structure, and Technology by W. David Kingery
Call Number: NK4235 .K56 1986
The Meanings of Modern Design: Towards the Twenty-First Century by Peter Dormer
Call Number: NK1390 .D67 1991
Ten Thousand Years of Pottery by Emmanuel Cooper
Call Number: NK3780 .C663 2000
20th Century Ceramics by Edmund De Waal
Call Number: NK3930 .D418 2003
The Culture of Craft: Status and Future by Peter Dormer
Call Number: TT145 .C84 1997
Material Culture by Henry Glassie
Call Number: GN406 .G53 1999
Includes "The Potter's Art"
The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story of the Invention of European Porcelain by Janet Gleeson
Call Number: NK4380 .G59 1998
Tiles and Tilework of Europe by Alun Graves
Call Number: NK4670.7.E85 G72 2002
The Persistence of Craft: The Applied Arts Today by Paul Greenhalgh
Call Number: NK789 .P467 2003
Classic Stoneware of Japan: Shino and Oribe by Ryoji Kuroda
Call Number: NK4340.S5 K8713 2002
Problems of Style: Foundations for a History of Ornament by Alois Riegl
Call Number: NK1175 .R513 1992
A Theory of Craft: Function and Aesthetic Expression by Howard Risatti
Call Number: NK1110 .R57 2007
Ornament: A Social History Since 1450 by Michael Snodin
Call Number: NK1442 .S62 1996
Terra Cotta Skyline: New York's Architectural Ornament by Susan Tunick
Call Number: NA3511.N48 T86 1997