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100			_aEmmanuel Cooper _91575
245	1	0	_aBernard Leach : _blife and work /
260			_aNew Haven : _bPublished for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, _cc2003.
300			_axvii, 419 p., [48] p. of plates : _bill. (some col.) ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [402]-403) and index.
505			_aAn exceptionally thoughtful and well-written biography of one of the most influential studio potters in Britain. 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.
600		0	_aBernard Leach _d1887-1979 _91576
650		0	_aPotters _zEngland _vBiography.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy043/2002153119.html
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