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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-100485114976
ISBN-139780485114973
eBay Product ID (ePID)547033
Product Key Features
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePalissy Ware : Nineteenth-Century French Ceramists from Avisseau to Renoleau
SubjectAmerican / General, Ceramics
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
AuthorMarshall P. Katz, Robert Lehr, Marshall Katz
Subject AreaArt
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight44.3 Oz
Item Length12 in
Item Width8.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-051657
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Addicts will need no persuasion to succumb to the charm of this exhaustive anthology." -- The Art Newspaper, "Addicts will need no persuasion to succumb to the charm of this exhaustive anthology." - The Art Newspaper
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal738/.0922
SynopsisBernard Palissy, the great Renaissance potter, created a style of ceramic art which has remained popular for nearly four hundred years and which saw a considerable revival throughout Europe in the later nineteenth-century. The coiled vipers, the slinking lizards, the scaly fish - these are the characteristic Palissy creatures set in high relief and painted as in nature. Palissy ware is found in the world's great museums. This volume, fully illustrated in colour, provides the first comprehensive account of the work of Palissy's nineteenth-century followers in France. It aims to be regarded as the standard guide and work of reference for collectors, curators and all those concerned with the high achievements of ceramic art., Bernard Palissy, the Renaissance potter, created a style of ceramic art which has remained popular for nearly 400 years and which saw a considerable revival throughout Europe in the later 19th century. The coiled cipers, the slinking lizards, the scaly fish - these are the characteristic Palissy creatures set in high relief and painted as in nature. Extensively collected, Palissy ware is found in the world's great museums.