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8 produkter
Global Clay
Themes in World Ceramic Traditions
Inbunden, 2017
352 kr
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For over 25,000 years, humans across the globe have shaped, decorated, and fired clay. Despite great differences in location and time, universal themes appear in the world's ceramic traditions, including religious influences, human and animal representations, and mortuary pottery. In Global Clay: …
Global Clay
Themes in World Ceramic Traditions
E-bok, 2017
104 kr
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For over 25,000 years, humans across the globe have shaped, decorated, and fired clay. Despite great differences in location and time, universal themes appear in the world’s ceramic traditions, including religious influences, human and animal representations, and mortuary pottery. In Global Clay: …
Beautiful Clay
A Traditional Craft As Art
Inbunden, 2025
449 kr
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For most of human history, all pottery was what we would now consider traditional folk pottery. Not all artifacts go beyond the basic requirements of utility in pursuit of beauty, but Beautiful Clay considers those that do.In Beautiful Clay, noted scholar of traditional ceramics John A. Burrison …
Storytellers
Folktales and Legends from the South
Av John A. Burrison, John A. Burrison
Häftad, 1991
607 kr
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Storytellers, a rich collection of more than 250 authentic folktales, confirms the oral tradition of the South. Rising out of a shared rural past, the legends and myths, the jests and trickster tales presented here are as diverse and inventive as the tellers themselves.Edited and introduced by John …
Shaping Traditions
Folk Arts in a Changing South
Häftad, 2000
471 kr
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A complete catalog of the Atlanta History Center’s permanent folk art exhibition, this richly illustrated volume defines and documents the folk arts of the lower southeastern United States. The objects, crafting processes, and performances represented here illustrate the unique qualities of the …
Brothers in Clay
The Story of Georgia Folk Pottery
Häftad, 2008
718 kr
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Abundantly illustrated, Brothers in Clay tells the story of Georgia's rich folk pottery tradition—the historical forces that shaped it and the families and individual artisans who continue to keep it alive. This pioneering book marked the first intensive study of a southern state's pottery heritage …
From Mud to Jug
The Folk Potters and Pottery of Northeast Georgia
Häftad, 2010
610 kr
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John Michael Vlach called Brothers in Clay “not only the best study of American stoneware pottery now available but also a fine model for the presentation and analysis of hand-based technologies.” The anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss noted, “Mr. Burrison has brought to this undertaking a …
Roots of a Region
Southern Folk Culture
Häftad, 2007
216 kr
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Roots of a Region reveals the importance of folk traditions in shaping and expressing the American South. This overview covers the entire region and all forms of ex-pression-oral, musical, customary, and material. The author establishes how folklore pervades and reflects the region\'s economics, …
