Henry Chapman Mercer and the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (824 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812280768 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Cleota Reed is Research Associate in the Department of Fine Arts at Syracuse University.
Carolyn Hasenfratz said Inspiring and Fascinating. My Mom and Dad visited Henry Chapman Mercer's home in Doylesville Pennsylvania last year and knew it was something I would like, and bought me this book for me later. Mercer was truly a "Renaissance Man" of the Arts and Crafts Movement and his home and tile works reflect his interests in world history, archaeology, architecture, . "Excellent Historical Reference" according to Peter Melling. This book is an excellent historical reference on Henry Chapman Mercer and the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works. Many fine photos accompany very informative writing.
"The definitive work on Mercer, one of the leading figures in the Arts and Crafts Movement."—Philadelphia Inquirer"Arts and crafts enthusiasts will be awed by the range of this book."—Art and Auction"The author fully exploits a rich lode of surviving papers, business and personal, in order to shed light on Mercer's diversified career as an archaeologist, scholar, collector, designer of reinforced concrete buildings, and tilemaker. Ms Reed and her publishers have spared no expense in
The bibliography includes all of Mercer's publications in his several fields of interest and comprehensive lists of the literature about him, his work, and the ceramic art of his times.. Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) was one of the leading figures of the Arts and Crafts Movement in America. His unique ceramic murals, pavings, and sculptural reliefs were of great importance to the reform of architectural decoration early in the twentieth century.This book documents all of Mercer's catalogued tile designs as well as his art pottery and the subjects of his major themes