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French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary
Paul Arthur
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Description for French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary
Hardcover. A comprehensive illustrated dictionary of French Art Nouveau Ceramics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 500 colour, 23 b&w. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJC; ACVY; AFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 317 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2668.
A census conducted in 1901 indicated the existence of some 209 producers of pottery in France, employing a total of around 5,800 full-time labourers. This great activity stimulated a parallel development in the arts, including the search for new expressions in art pottery, giving birth to l'art nouveau, a great and eclectic synthesis of a number of other art styles. Largely through British arts and crafts, and the work of artists like the Manxman Archibald Knox, it reached far back into the prehistory of Celtic art. To this were added later medieval elements, through the gothic revival championed by William ... Read more
A census conducted in 1901 indicated the existence of some 209 producers of pottery in France, employing a total of around 5,800 full-time labourers. This great activity stimulated a parallel development in the arts, including the search for new expressions in art pottery, giving birth to l'art nouveau, a great and eclectic synthesis of a number of other art styles. Largely through British arts and crafts, and the work of artists like the Manxman Archibald Knox, it reached far back into the prehistory of Celtic art. To this were added later medieval elements, through the gothic revival championed by William ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Editions Norma
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, France
ISBN
9782915542653
SKU
V9782915542653
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About Paul Arthur
Paul Arthur is a professor at the University of Salerno, and Director of the Post-Graduate School in Archaeology. His main research interests concern medieval settlement formation and development, landscape studies and human ecology, medieval chronology, as well as ceramic studies. He has developed a special interest in French art nouveau ceramics, giving attention to lesser-known ceramic artists and ateliers including ... Read more
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