Porcelain

Porcelain
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 528
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ISBN-10 : 9780691204239
ISBN-13 : 0691204233
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Porcelain by : Suzanne L. Marchand

"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.

Porcelain

Porcelain
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 418
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ISBN-10 : 9781594206429
ISBN-13 : 1594206422
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Porcelain by : Moby

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.

The Book of Pottery and Porcelain

The Book of Pottery and Porcelain
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:715691579
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis The Book of Pottery and Porcelain by : Warren Earle Cox

Japanese Porcelain, 1800-1950

Japanese Porcelain, 1800-1950
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Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : UCSD:31822002150282
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Japanese Porcelain, 1800-1950 by : Nancy Schiffer

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.

The Arcanum

The Arcanum
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Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : 9780446564793
ISBN-13 : 0446564796
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Arcanum by : Janet Gleeson

An extraordinary episode in cultural & scientific history comes to life in the fascinating story of a genius, greed, & exquisite beauty revealed by the obsessive pursuit of the secret formula for one of the most precious commodities of eighteenth century European royalty-fine porcelain.

Handbook of Marks on Pottery & Porcelain

Handbook of Marks on Pottery & Porcelain
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433072168010
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Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of Marks on Pottery & Porcelain by : William Burton

This is a black-and-white facsimile reprint of the 1909 edition of "Handbook Of Marks On Pottery & Porcelain". Although it has been checked manually, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

The Porcelain Thief

The Porcelain Thief
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Publisher : Crown
Total Pages : 396
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ISBN-10 : 9780307986313
ISBN-13 : 0307986314
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis The Porcelain Thief by : Huan Hsu

A journalist travels throughout mainland China and Taiwan in search of his family’s hidden treasure and comes to understand his ancestry as he never has before. In 1938, when the Japanese arrived in Huan Hsu’s great-great-grandfather Liu’s Yangtze River hometown of Xingang, Liu was forced to bury his valuables, including a vast collection of prized antique porcelain, and undertake a decades-long trek that would splinter the family over thousands of miles. Many years and upheavals later, Hsu, raised in Salt Lake City and armed only with curiosity, moves to China to work in his uncle’s semiconductor chip business. Once there, a conversation with his grandmother, his last living link to dynastic China, ignites a desire to learn more about not only his lost ancestral heirlooms but also porcelain itself. Mastering the language enough to venture into the countryside, Hsu sets out to separate the layers of fact and fiction that have obscured both China and his heritage and finally complete his family’s long march back home. Melding memoir, travelogue, and social and political history, The Porcelain Thief offers an intimate and unforgettable way to understand the complicated events that have defined China over the past two hundred years and provides a revealing, lively perspective on contemporary Chinese society from the point of view of a Chinese American coming to terms with his hyphenated identity.

Porcelain on Steel

Porcelain on Steel
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Publisher : Fortis
Total Pages : 399
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ISBN-10 : 0984551115
ISBN-13 : 9780984551118
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Porcelain on Steel by : Donna M. McAleer

Portraits of fourteen women who graduated from West Point and served in the Army, highlighting their character, accomplishments, leadership, ordeals and sacrifices.

Wood-fired Stoneware and Porcelain

Wood-fired Stoneware and Porcelain
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Publisher : Krause Publications
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015033977193
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Wood-fired Stoneware and Porcelain by : Jack Troy

This authoritative book is the first to deal comprehensively with the historical, technical, and aesthetic aspects of woodfiring.

From Object to Concept

From Object to Concept
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Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-10 : 9789888139835
ISBN-13 : 9888139835
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis From Object to Concept by : Stacey Pierson

Ming porcelain is widely regarded among the world's finest cultural treasures. From ordinary household items patiently refined for imperial use, porcelain became a dynamic force in domestic consumption in China and a valuable commodity in export trade. In the modern era, it has reached unprecedented heights in art auctions and other avenues of global commerce. This book examines the impact of consumption on the evolution of porcelain and its transformation into a foreign cultural icon. The book begins with an examination of ways in which porcelain was appreciated in Ming China, followed by a discussion of encounters with Ming porcelain in several global regions including Europe and the Americas. The book also looks at the invention of the phrase and concept of 'the Ming vase' in English-speaking cultures and concludes with a history of the transformation of Ming porcelain into works of art.