

Luster Pottery
Author: Alan Caiger-Smith
The art of pottery is one of the finest arts that accompanied different civilizations since ancient times. This book talks about the contributions of Muslim artists in ceramic & pottery art and how they reached pots of ceramics instead of golden and silver pots by using a technique called luster. This technique is still a mystery that baffles people what they possess of Science and Technology.
This book explains the technical of luster pottery and where it spread and makes pottery a source for determining the ages of ancient civilizations.
It proves the role of Muslims in the evolution of different civilizations in Mesopotamia and in Andalusia, which constitute southern Spain today.