Overview
A new edition of Bernard Leach's autobiography featuring previously unpublished photographs and drawings
Bernard Leach (1887-1979) was as renowned in Japan and the East as in Europe and America,both as an artist-craftsman and as a thinker. His interpretation of the traditions of the Orientin the making of pots - and in evolving a philosophy of life - was a lodestar for many potters inthe West.
Beyond East and West, first published in 1978, is more than an autobiography. Full of sharply-etched and amusing recollections, it contains much of Leach’s deeper thought and a great dealtoo about the practical application of his ideas. Its recurrent theme is the meeting of East andWest at all levels - artistic, cultural, social, political.
- | Author: Bernard Leach
- | Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
- | Publication Date: Feb 21, 2024
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- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-13: 9781912690213
- | ISBN-10: 1912690217