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Creator: Lark Books
Publisher: Lark Books
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

18 reviews
Sales Rank: 39683

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 408
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 7.9 x 1.3

ISBN: 1579905471
Dewey Decimal Number: 731.82
UPC: 661741005473
EAN: 9781579905477

Publication Date: September 1, 2004
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500 figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form (A Lark Ceramics Book) February 20, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful

My low score for this book is primarily, but not exclusively, a low score for the judging. I find it difficult to believe that almost no work in the classical tradition was submitted. The work in these pages contained almost no work of a traditional figurative nature. Both in galleries in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as at art shows/faires, there is plenty of traditional figurative work being done now in clay and bronze. I can only conclude that the judges hold a strong bias for non-traditional work.

There is also an alarming gap between what I will term "high end art" and mediocre. It's pretty obvious who the former are (e.g., Violet Frey, Beth Cavener Stichter); there are all too many in the latter category.

It may be that your "call" for art went out to a limited audience (to university art departments and art schools, perhaps?) and failed to capture the attention of more professional artists.

5 out of 5 stars

Contemporary Survey of the figure January 3, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book was purchased as a gift for a ceramic teacher friend of mine.
The book is a wonderful compilation of contemporary figures in clay. I originally purchased it prior to seeing the book, hoping she might use it as source of inspiration for her High School students.
Although some students might be mature enough to look at the images and handle them discreetly, for many High School students, this material is much too explicit. Especially if you live in a conservative school district.
The photography is wonderful as are the selections of sculptures, but I think the material is better suited for more mature Ceramic afficionados.

4 out of 5 stars

AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION September 10, 2006
I bought this book in order to see and explore the variety of possibilities that clay offers concerning sculptures of human figures. One must see this book with an open-minded way of looking. It`s quite interesting to observe how people deal with this blessed matter which is clay

5 out of 5 stars

Great book for Ideas March 20, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

I really liked this book for what it is - 500 pictures of really interesting sculpture. It's a great compilation book for ideas, and to see what other sculpture artists are doing with clay. It's not a How-To-Book, but you can read about how the artists fired and glazed most pieces. I am always very satisfied with Lark publications.

5 out of 5 stars

500 figures in clay March 7, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

If you are looking for examples of very traditional figurative sculpture (although there are some)this is not the book for you. But if you are open to exploring beyond the conventional this book has a wonderful selection of diverse styles and interpretations of the human form.

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