pt. 1. From folk pottery to industry 1600-1876 --
ch. 1. Handcraft foundation for clay --
ch. 2. Industrialization of clay --
pt. 2. Art pottery movement 1876-1918 --
ch. 3. Arts and crafts movement --
ch. 4. Early art potteries --
ch. 5. Art nouveau: form and decoration unified --
ch. 6. Consequences of the art pottery movement --
pt. 3. Art deco: the dominance of sculpture 1918-1942 --
ch. 7. American decorative arts --
ch. 8. Depression sculpture --
pt. 4. Vessel revival 1930-1955 --
ch. 9. Three directions for the vessel --
ch. 10. Defining a vessel aesthetic --
pt. 5. Abstract expressionism: its effects and ramifications 1955-1965 --
ch. 11. Postwar artistic ferment --
ch. 12. Transformations in form and surface --
pt. 6. Clay for an age of contradictions 1965-1975 --
ch. 13. Realism and the common object --
ch. 14. Resilient vessel --
ch. 15. Abstract and architectonic imagery --
pt. 7. Post-modernism 1975-1987 --
ch. 16. Figurative imagery and the human condition --
ch. 17. Permissive pluralism.
