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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Published for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, by Yale University Press, c2001.Description: 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 0300083874 (cloth : alk. paper)
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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 -- The 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 of the period 1790-1830.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks NK4083.C68 2001 1 Available 33710000888409

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-250) 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 -- The 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 of the period 1790-1830.