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Josiah Wedgwood: Entrepreneur to the Enlightenment

Door Brian Dolan

Categorie
Aardewerk & Porcelein
Boeknummer
#323879-XC5
Titel
Josiah Wedgwood: Entrepreneur to the Enlightenment
Auteur
Dolan, Brian
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Harper Collins Publishers
Jaar van uitgave
2004
ISBN10
0007139012
ISBN13
9780007139019
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
An intriguing examination of the life and times of Josiah Wedgwood, potter to the Queen, and an Enlightenment pioneer. Brian Dolan combines the remarkable story of Josiah Wedgwood, the English potter whose works are among the finest examples of ceramic art, with the story of the eighteenth century world of industry, fashion and connoisseurship. Born in 1730 in Staffordshire, into a family with a long tradition as potters, Wedgwood survived childhood smallpox (and later, the loss of his leg), to become one of the most prestigious potters in England; Queen Charlotte was sufficiently impressed to name him 'Royal Supplier of Dinnerware'. Depending on his business acumen, artistic sensibilities, and critically, his scientific innovations, he established a factory and village near Stoke-on-Trent... (Lees verder) named Etruria, where his revolutionary basalt and jasperware was developed. Dolan weaves into this tale intriguing social detail: the lives of the workers at Etruria, England at the beginning of the industrial revolution, the Court of Queen Charlotte, the worlds of the Royal Society and the Men of Science; and completes a wonderful picture of the man, and of the fascinating Enlightenment period when he flourished.
Pagina's
480
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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