Around the world in 80 pots: the story of humanity told through beautiful ceramics

""A journey through history and across cultures with the Ashmolean Museum's unrivalled ceramics collection. It contains works from the Middle East, Asia, Europe, UK and Africa that span over 5,000 years. Pottery tells us about religion, daily life, humour, trade, sex, folklore and cre...

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Körperschaft: Ashmolean Museum (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Ashmolean Museum 2023
London ; Sydney Welbeck
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Zusammenfassung:""A journey through history and across cultures with the Ashmolean Museum's unrivalled ceramics collection. It contains works from the Middle East, Asia, Europe, UK and Africa that span over 5,000 years. Pottery tells us about religion, daily life, humour, trade, sex, folklore and creativity. Bearing the imprint of their maker more than any other crafted object, ceramics give us a unique physical link to the past, often the only evidence of long-forgotten civilizations that have otherwise crumbled to dust. From ancient Egyptian canopic death jars to ethereally beautiful porcelain, and from lewd Renaissance novelties to sleek contemporary vessels, Around the World in 80 Pots is an eclectic journey across time and cultures. Expertly selected from the unrivalled collection of the University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, this compendium shows that humankind's oldest craft is the perfect prism through which to view human history"--dymocks.com.au"--Publisher's description
Beschreibung:272 Seiten Illustrationen 22 cm
ISBN:9781802792393