![]() ![]() ![]() Material Culture-Henry Glassie, George Jevremovic, and William T. Christina Lis Clues to the Universe is a triumphant story of friendship, loss, and the journey of finding your place in the world (and among the stars). ![]() He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fellow of the National Humanities Institute he has also served as President of the Vernacular Architecture Forum and of the American Folklore Society. Henry Glassie is College Professor of Folklore and Co-director of Turkish Studies at Indiana University. It will appeal to anyone interested in pottery and the study of folklore and folk art. ![]() Is nature favored, or culture? Are individual needs or social needs more important? Do utilitarian or aesthetic concerns dominate in the transformation of nature?" -from the Introduction The Potter's Art discusses and illustrates the work of modern masters of traditional ceramics from Bangladesh, Sweden, various parts of the United States, Turkey, and Japan. Governed by desire, the artist's work answers questions of value. Christina Li is the author of Clues to the Universe and Ruby Lost and Found. "Coming into being, the work of art, this very pot, creates relations-relations between nature and culture, between the individual and society, between utility and beauty. This is a book talk for Clues to the Universe is the ultimate book in friendship Everyone is going through their own trials but you can still be there for y. ![]()
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