EUROPEAN CERAMICS
by Robin Hildyard, University of Pennsylvania Press, PA, 1999.
Beautifully illustrated with color photographs, this book provides a scholarly survey of European ceramics – their evolution and development from the Middle Ages to the present day. “Highlighting key developments, techniques, discoveries and styles – from earthenware, stoneware and tin-glaze to the invention of porcelain and the impact of industrialization – the narrative is interspersed with thematic spreads which explore the techniques and astonishing capabilities of this most ubiquitous of materials.” This text covers by chapter: Earthenware (Sgraffito, Sal-glazing, Palissy); Tin-Glaze (Piccolpasso, Tiles); The Invention of Porcelain (Princely porcelain Rooms, Figures, Tea Drinking); Pottery{ From Craft to Industry (Creamware, The Staffordshire Factory, Transfer Printing); Liberty, Imperialism, Mass-Production (Empire, Regency and Style, Minton, The Gothic Revival); The 20th Century: Craft or Industry (Studio Pottery, Art Deco, Designer Ceramics); and Notes on Illustrations.
8.8” x 10.9” hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 144 pages.
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