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Title: Classic Black: The Basalt Sculpture of Wedgwood and His Contemporaries
Condition: New
Author: Brian D Gallagher
Format: Hardback
EAN: 9781911282358
ISBN: 9781911282358
Publisher: D Giles Ltd
Genre: Arts & Photography
Release Date: 10/02/2020
Description: WINNER OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC CIRCLE AWARD 2021A fascinating exploration of the inspiration behind, and development of, classically inspired sculpture and other ornamental wares in black basalt, the famous stoneware perfected by Josiah Wedgwood in 1768. Wedgwood, with prescience, said of his new creation: ‘Black is Sterling and will last forever.’ This volume presents approximately 120 examples of ornamental black basalt, including portrait busts, statues, and vases, ewers, and other fully three-dimensional, ornamental forms. Works in low relief include tablets, plaques, medallions, and cameos. The volume also features essays by renowned subject specialists and individual, fully illustrated catalogue entries which will be grouped into three chapters and organized according to the era—Classical Antiquity, 16th- and 17th-Centuries, 18th Century—of the design sources used by Wedgwood and his contemporaries to create their basalt wares.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 279mm
Item Length: 229mm
Release Year: 2020

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