Ceramic Masterpieces: Art, Structure andTechnology
was first published by the Free Press in 1986.
It won a publisher?s award for art (American
Publishers? Association, Scholarly and Technical, Honorable
Mention, 1986). The copyright is held by David
Kingery?s son, William D. Kingery, Jr., who about 11 years
ago signed over to the American Ceramic Society the rights to
publish a second edition of the book. This second edition is
divided into four parts. In the introductory section, it states :
?The appearance of a ceramic is determined by its internal
structure, which is in turn determined by the technology of its
manufacture. Revolutionary new methods of study and analysis
have advanced out understanding of ceramics. This book
applies these new methods, connecting visual impact, internal
structure, and technology for a deeper appreciation of ceramic
masterpieces.? Each chapter outlines the transformative art
and structure of a ceramic material by providing a general outline
of history, artistic value, antecedent technologies, manufacture of
the particular dated example, analysis of macrostructure, then
microstructure, then composition, then firing, variability and its
relation to appearance, and finally significance of technology and
its contribution to art and culture. In the ceramic technology
section, the sequences and variability of processing, exemplified
in the case studies, is inventoried with emphasis on structure and
transformation.
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978-1-119-10292-2 (9781119102922)
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Pamela B. Vandiver, MA, is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Co-Director of the doctoral Program in Heritage Conservation Science and Adjunct Professor in the Archaeology Division of the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. She is head of the Laboratory for Cultural Materials and advises and teaches in the School of Architecture's program in Historic Architectural Preservation. She has an M.A. in art and anthropology, and an undergraduate degree in history, art and Asian studies. She has published 130 articles, including a Science article on the beginnings of ceramics at 26,000 BP and a Scientific American article on "Ancient Glazes." She has edited nine books in the Materials Research Society symposium series entitled
Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology. In 2004, she was awarded the Pomerance Medal of the American Institute of Archaeology for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology.
William David Kingery (1926 - 2000) is best known as "the father of modern ceramics." He effected a paradigm shift in the field - from one based on craft-type technologies to a discipline based on an integration of solid state physics, chemistry and crystallography. He played a critical role in establishing ceramics as a materials science, and in archeological ceramics and art history. He was an inspiring teacher, a mentor to generations of students from around the globe, a valued consultant to industry, an entrepreneur and a respected advisor to government. He began the Basic Science Division of the American Ceramic Society and was a member of the National Academy of Engineering. In 1999, the Inamori Foundation awarded him the Kyoto Prize for "Fundamental Contribution to Development of the Ceramics Science and Technology Based on the Physicochemical Theory."
