The Traditional Ceramics of Southeast Asia

The Traditional Ceramics of Southeast Asia
Автор
 
Год
 
Страниц
 
224
ISBN
 
0824830083
Издатель
 
University of Chicago Press
Категория
 
Декоративное искусство

Содержание:

Возникновение биосферы, Размерность пространства в микромире, Асимметрия и возникновение жизни, Динамическая нестабильность воды, Биогенная нефть, Дно океана, Феномен близнецов, Миграции индоевропейцев, Призвание варягов, Преодоление язычества, Страх, Три кризиса Розанова, Физика духа

Описание:

Book DescriptionOver the last three hundred years traditional folk pottery in Southeast Asia has changed very little. Simple and practical earthenware pottery has been produced by small family groups using the traditional hand techniques passed down overseveral generations. This book offers a broad survey of the ceramic craftspeople of Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar (Burma). The work, life, and history of individuals and their communities is portrayed in a rich and fascinating tale thatcombines color photographs of potters at work and text that describes a potter?s life in small, rural villages. Not only a beautifully illustrated and useful reference book for potters, the book also provides documentation of the traditional craftsmanship and a way of life that appears about to disappear with the current generation of potters. In a region eager to embrace change and readily absorb Western influence, the use of traditional pots is rapidly declining and creating...

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