Ceramics

"At once eloquent and accessible, Ceramics lays an excellent foundation for both the appreciation and the production of good pottery. It avoids the extremes of older ideas and broadens our view of what ceramics is. Neither functionalist nor pure aesthetic theories have been able to explain the real but elusive qualities of fine wares. Here, however, Rawson does so. He surveys a very wide historical and geographical scope and outlines basic aesthetic dynamics of pottery. He also explores the differing philosophies and ideas reflected in pots and in their making in this key critical survey of ceramics."--Back cover.