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The art of ceramics : European ceramic design 1500-1830 / Howard Coutts

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, [2001]Description: 256 p. : ill. ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9780300083873 .
  • 9780300083873 .
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Partial contents:
Pottery-making in medieval Europe -- The spread of tin-glazed earthenware: Italian Maiolica -- 'Court styles' of the Renaissance: Urbino Maiolica, Saint-Porchaire and Palissy Ware -- The stoneware tradition -- The influence of the east -- Teh discovery of true porcelain in Europe -- French Rococo: the ascendancy of Sèvres -- The spread of porcelain factories throughout europe -- Porcelain in eighteenth-century Britain -- The rise of Staffordshire -- The classical revival -- The spread of Neo-classicism in Europe -- Ceramics in the period 1790-1830
Summary: This history of European ceramic design and decoration between 1500 and the early 19th century presents the subject not only in art-historical terms but also in the context of the era's social, cultural, economic and scientific developments.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Pottery-making in medieval Europe -- The spread of tin-glazed earthenware: Italian Maiolica -- 'Court styles' of the Renaissance: Urbino Maiolica, Saint-Porchaire and Palissy Ware -- The stoneware tradition -- The influence of the east -- Teh discovery of true porcelain in Europe -- French Rococo: the ascendancy of Sèvres -- The spread of porcelain factories throughout europe -- Porcelain in eighteenth-century Britain -- The rise of Staffordshire -- The classical revival -- The spread of Neo-classicism in Europe -- Ceramics in the period 1790-1830

This history of European ceramic design and decoration between 1500 and the early 19th century presents the subject not only in art-historical terms but also in the context of the era's social, cultural, economic and scientific developments.

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