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245		0	_aGood earth
250			_aXIX
250			_bIV
250			_bOctober
260			_aMumbai
260			_bArt India Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
260			_c2015
300			_a28-35
520			_aClay was possibly the first medium used for creating art anywhere in the world. To produce long-lasting pottery, man learnt to bake vessels, first in the sun, then in the dying embers of a hearth and eventually, in increasingly sophisticated kilns where the temperatures could be minutely controlled. The first utensils in which to cook food and pots to hold water were slapped into shape. Stone and metal, however, became the most preferred media for making sculptures because of their strength and apparent invincibility against the elements, followed by seasoned wood, and then by the more modern materials like plaster, cement, fibreglass, plastic and cloth. Clay was relegated to a status worthy only of making moulds and maquettes for sculptures. And as an acknowledgement of its functional possibilities, it was conferred a ‘second class’ rank in art making.
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650			_aARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)
653			_aCERAMIC WORK;DELHI BLUE POTTERY;SMOLE FIRED STONEWARE
773			_dMumbai Art India Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
773			_tArt India
773			_x0972-2949
856			_uhttp://www.artindiamag.com/quarter_19_10_15/the_good_earth.html
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