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Pottery is one of the most enduring materials known to
humankind. In most places it is the oldest and most widespread art;
primitive peoples the world over have fashioned pots and bowls of
baked clay for their daily use. Prehistoric (sometimes Neolithic)
remains of pottery, e.g., in Scandinavia, England, France, Italy,
Greece, and North and South America, have proved of great importance
in archaeology and have often supplied a means of dating and
establishing an early chronology.
Whether the name Limoges brings to mind a region in France,
the city of Limoges, or the factories that produce fine Limoges
porcelain, a picture of romance, beauty, and fabulous artisans no
doubt follows. You might want to take a journey to the flea markets of
Paris, the brocantes of Brittany, and into the heart of the city of
Quimper, to see hundreds of examples of this distinctive and beautiful
French pottery, some of it quite unique and rare.
Pottery industry was important industry in Germany. Porcelain was born in the German city of Meissen in 1708. You
will find fascinating texts include a history of porcelain painting, a
discussion of Meissen's artists.
A collector's delight, in a book devoted to the wide variety of
charming salt and pepper shakers produced by Goebel Porzellanfabrik*r
of Germany, from the 1920s through the 1980s.
Islamic pottery making was centered at Baghdad in the 10th
cent. Blue and green clear glazes were used, and lusterware
was first employed as an over glaze. Lusterware was highly developed
under the Fatimites in Egypt (969–1171), and the technique continued
in use at major pottery centers over the centuries that followed.
Majolica pottery was mainly developed in Italy and from there
it spread to Spain, France (where it was called faience), and to
Holland (where it came to be known as delftware).
Majolica and stoneware were the main pottery forms in Europe until the
advent (18th cent.) of porcelain.
You
will find a large array books on pottery at Delve Bookstore.
You will find pottery books on subjects such as Danish, French,
German, Japanese, Scandinavian,
British, and of course United States pottery manufactures |
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