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This book is a unique and comprehensive illustrated dictionary of French Art Nouveau Ceramics.
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 Morris.
The need for renewal, breaking away from the neo-Classical and academia, which was realm of the upper-class culture, was largely theorised by John Ruskin, who searched elsewhere for inspiration. Thus did British art nouveau also partake of Chinese and Japanese styles, though never in so forceful a manner as did the French aesthetic. France, on the one side, looked back to the swirling and frivolous eighteenth century Rococo, primarily through the influence of the Goncourt brothers, Edmond and Jules, influential aesthetes of the mid nineteenth century.
The book focuses especially on artists working stoneware or gre's, faience, and terracotta. It aims to provide a general survey of the many artists working in these areas, and includes brief accounts of the ceramics work of sculptors and painters whose wider output is already well known.
Publisher : Editions Norma; 1st edition (June 25, 2015)
Language : English
Hardcover : 400 pages
ISBN-10 : 2915542651
ISBN-13 : 978-2915542653
Item Weight : 5.9 pounds
Dimensions : 9.52 x 1.35 x 12.17 inches
Reviewer: SUE NELSON
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I highly recommend this amazing reference to anyone interested in the subject
Review: This is the most comprehensive, accurate and scholarly review of French art nouveau ceramics that I have ever seen. The photos are incredible and the text is superb. I highly recommend this amazing reference to anyone interested in the subject.
Reviewer: Timothy M Sublette
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: Contains a wealth of factual information difficult to find in English. Photography exceptional.
Reviewer: Susan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: beautiful book
Reviewer: bingboy42
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fantastic Find!
Review: One of the best books on French Ceramics in my library collection. Full of information. Love it!
Reviewer: Jason Jacques
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Reviewer: Amazon Customer
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