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Author : Moby
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 12,77 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Disc jockeys
ISBN : 1594206422
The rock musician Moby explores his "path from suburban poverty and alienation to a life of beauty, squalor, and unlikely success out of the NYC club scene of the late '80s and '90s"--Dust jacket flap.
Author : Suzanne L. Marchand
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 21,50 MB
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0691204233
"This is the book on porcelain we have been waiting for. . . . A remarkable achievement."—Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes A sweeping cultural and economic history of porcelain, from the eighteenth century to the present Porcelain was invented in medieval China—but its secret recipe was first reproduced in Europe by an alchemist in the employ of the Saxon king Augustus the Strong. Saxony’s revered Meissen factory could not keep porcelain’s ingredients secret for long, however, and scores of Holy Roman princes quickly founded their own mercantile manufactories, soon to be rivaled by private entrepreneurs, eager to make not art but profits. As porcelain’s uses multiplied and its price plummeted, it lost much of its identity as aristocratic ornament, instead taking on a vast number of banal, yet even more culturally significant, roles. By the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it became essential to bourgeois dining, and also acquired new functions in insulator tubes, shell casings, and teeth. Weaving together the experiences of entrepreneurs and artisans, state bureaucrats and female consumers, chemists and peddlers, Porcelain traces the remarkable story of “white gold” from its origins as a princely luxury item to its fate in Germany’s cataclysmic twentieth century. For three hundred years, porcelain firms have come and gone, but the industry itself, at least until very recently, has endured. After Augustus, porcelain became a quintessentially German commodity, integral to provincial pride, artisanal industrial production, and a familial sense of home. Telling the story of porcelain’s transformation from coveted luxury to household necessity and flea market staple, Porcelain offers a fascinating alternative history of art, business, taste, and consumption in Central Europe.
Author : Jack Doherty
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 40,74 MB
Release : 2002-06-27
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780812218275
Lucius is a triple threat of vocal harmonies, infectious hooks, and dance-inducing percussion. Charismatic co-founders and lead vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig sing in unison - two voices as one - uniquely delivering songs with stories told from the same perspective. Multi-instrumentalists Andrew Burri, Peter Lalish, and Dan Molad round out the stylish, Brooklyn-based quintet.
Author : Beatrice Pannequin
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0300073380
The tumultuous years of the French Revolution left France’s prestigious decorative arts industries poised on the brink of ruin. It was not until after the fall of the monarchy and the ascendancy of the Consulat and Empire under Napoleon that they began to recover so that by the middle of the nineteenth century they stood at the pinnacle of their achievement. This book is the first in depth study of the renowned porcelain works at Sèvres during its virtual rebirth under the 47 year direction of the scientist, teacher, and administrator Alexandre Brongniart. Some 110 working drawings from the Sèvres Archive are reproduced here for the first time in color. They celebrate the high skill of the artists whose work often documented contemporary events in France. There are table services in the 'Egyptian' and 'Etruscan' taste as well as individual pieces that recall Napoleonic military campaigns. There are also exquisite Neoclassical decorations using motifs such as birds, butterflies, and insects that reflect the century’s early fascination with the natural sciences. The repertoire of nineteenth century eclecticism is evident in the output of Sèvres from the revival of Gothic and renaissance motifs to the outburst of naturalism. Eleven essays by leading authorities assess this dynamic period.
Author : John Cecil Austin
Publisher : Colonial Williamsburg
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 35,46 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780879350239
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has amassed an outstanding collection of ceramics produced by the Chelsea porcelain Manufactory during its years of operation, 1745-1769. The most important part of the collection falls within the Manufactory's earliest, or triangle, period, and includes examples of nearly all the extant forms. Exotic teapots shaped like Chinamen holding creatures, and objects copied directly from silver prototypes are but a few of the fascinating forms from the early, experimental period. Also illustrated are unique and aesthetically pleasing examples that were manufactured at Chelsea later.
Author : Nancy Schiffer
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 10,65 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Porcelain, Japanese
ISBN :
Popular Japanese porcelain of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Kakiemon, Nabeshima, Arita, Hirado, Fukagawa, Imari, Kutani, Satsuma, and individual craftsmen's works. The European-influenced styles of the 20th century, such as Nippon, Noritake, and Occupied Japan, are also presented. Over 500 color photos and well researched text provide the basic reference in this field.
Author : Suzanne L. Marchand
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 37,60 MB
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0691201986
"This is the book on porcelain we have been waiting for. . . . A remarkable achievement."—Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes A sweeping cultural and economic history of porcelain, from the eighteenth century to the present Porcelain was invented in medieval China—but its secret recipe was first reproduced in Europe by an alchemist in the employ of the Saxon king Augustus the Strong. Saxony’s revered Meissen factory could not keep porcelain’s ingredients secret for long, however, and scores of Holy Roman princes quickly founded their own mercantile manufactories, soon to be rivaled by private entrepreneurs, eager to make not art but profits. As porcelain’s uses multiplied and its price plummeted, it lost much of its identity as aristocratic ornament, instead taking on a vast number of banal, yet even more culturally significant, roles. By the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it became essential to bourgeois dining, and also acquired new functions in insulator tubes, shell casings, and teeth. Weaving together the experiences of entrepreneurs and artisans, state bureaucrats and female consumers, chemists and peddlers, Porcelain traces the remarkable story of “white gold” from its origins as a princely luxury item to its fate in Germany’s cataclysmic twentieth century. For three hundred years, porcelain firms have come and gone, but the industry itself, at least until very recently, has endured. After Augustus, porcelain became a quintessentially German commodity, integral to provincial pride, artisanal industrial production, and a familial sense of home. Telling the story of porcelain’s transformation from coveted luxury to household necessity and flea market staple, Porcelain offers a fascinating alternative history of art, business, taste, and consumption in Central Europe.
Author : Edward Dillon
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 18,21 MB
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Porcelain by Edward Dillon is a fascinating look at the delicate art of crafting porcelain. This all-encompassing nonfiction book includes porcelain from a variety of countries such as China, Japan, and Korea. Contents: "Introductory and Scientific Chapter II. The Materials: Mixing, Fashioning, and Firing Chapter III. Glazes Chapter IV. Decoration using Colour Chapter V. The Porcelain of China. Introductory—Classification—The Sung Dynasty—The Mongol or Yuan Dynasty Chapter VI. The Porcelain of China (continued). The Ming Dynasty Chapter VII. The Porcelain of China (continued). The Manchu or Tsing Dynasty Chapter VIII. The Porcelain of China (continued). Marks."
Author : Warren Earle Cox
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,96 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Porcelain
ISBN :
Author : Richard Rendall
Publisher : Schiffer Book for Collectors
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,16 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780764316920
Over 675 color photos display lovely portraits, romantic landscapes and city scenes, still-life paintings, and floral arrangements on 19th and 20th century hand-painted porcelain plates from England and Europe by Davenport*TM, Doulton*TM, Camille Le Tallec*TM, Meissen*TM, Minton*TM, Se*\vres*TM, and Wedgwood*TM. Histories of the makers, their marks, and an index make this a useful reference. Current values are found in the captions.