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English Dry-bodied Stoneware
Diana Edwards
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Description for English Dry-bodied Stoneware
Hardcover. This text explores the subject of English dry-bodied stoneware, and discusses the antecedents of the 18th-century neo-classical wares, the red stones of the 17th-century, as well as other bodies produced by Wedgewood and his contemporaries: caneware, white felspathic stoneware and jasper. Num Pages: 288 pages, 75 colour and 350 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; AC; WCN; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1257.
English dry-bodied stoneware was the ultimate ceramic expression of the neoclassical wave which erupted in England and on the Continent in the mid-eighteenth century. Initially basalt commanded the scene, with its imposing black stoneware forms imitating Greek vases. However, it was Wedgwood's invention of the jasper body which was to be the tour de force associated with his name. Wedgwood's jasper vases, purchased by gentry and nobility alike, were soon imitated by a myriad of potters.
This book is the first to explore the vast subject of English dry-bodied stoneware with discussions on ... Read more
English dry-bodied stoneware was the ultimate ceramic expression of the neoclassical wave which erupted in England and on the Continent in the mid-eighteenth century. Initially basalt commanded the scene, with its imposing black stoneware forms imitating Greek vases. However, it was Wedgwood's invention of the jasper body which was to be the tour de force associated with his name. Wedgwood's jasper vases, purchased by gentry and nobility alike, were soon imitated by a myriad of potters.
This book is the first to explore the vast subject of English dry-bodied stoneware with discussions on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
ACC Art Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
1257g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851492886
SKU
V9781851492886
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Ref
99-15
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