Architectural Ceramics
Published on 1. December 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
40 pages
978-0-7478-0517-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book charts the history of architectural ceramics, focusing on practical and decorative applications, on architects, designers and manufacturers, and on styles and techniques of production and decoration.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
104 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7478-0517-5 (9780747805175)
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Person
Hans van Lemmen taught for many years at Leeds Metropolitan University. He is an established authority on the history of tiles and has lectured on the subject in Britain and elsewhere. He is a founder member and presently publications editor of the British Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society and has written other books on tiles for the Shire list.
Content
Introduction; Emergence; Heyday; Contraction; Revival; Further reading; Places to visit