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Item Details
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BERNARD LEACH
LIFE AND WORK |
| By: |
Emmanuel Cooper |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£29.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0300099290 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780300099294 |
| Publisher: |
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
14 March, 2003 |
| Series: |
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art |
| Pages: |
440 |
| Description: |
A detailed account of the life and work of Bernard Leach, one of the most influential potters of the 20th century. It explores Leach's working methods, the themes of his pottery, his writings and philosophy, his recognition in Japan and Britain, and his continuing legacy. |
| Synopsis: |
Widely recognized as the father of studio pottery, Bernard Leach (1887-1979) played a pioneering role in creating an identity for artist potters in Britain and around the world. Born in the East (Hong Kong) and educated in the West (England), throughout his life Leach perceived himself as a courier between the disparate cultures. His exquisite pots reflect the inspiration he drew from East and West as well as his response to the basic tenets of modernism-truth to materials, the importance of function to form, and simplicity of decoration. This outstanding biography provides for the first time a vivid and detailed account of Leach's life and its relation to his art. Emmanuel Cooper, himself a potter of international reputation, explores Leach's working methods, the seams of his pottery, his writings and philosophy, his recognition in Japan and Britain, and his continuing legacy, bringing into sharp focus a complex man who captured in his work as a potter the "still center" that always eluded him in his tumultuous personal life. |
| Illustrations: |
bibliog , index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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