Shapely bodies : the image of porcelain in eighteenth-century France / by Christine A. Jones.

Shapely bodies : the image of porcelain in eighteenth-century France /

French artisans began trials to reproduce fine Chinese porcelain in the 1660s. That challenge proved impossible, but inspired radical forms of experimentation. Potters invented artificial alternatives to Chinese porcelain and shaped an identity for their trade that distanced it from guild-crafts and...

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Main Author: Jones, Christine A., 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : University of Delaware Press, [2013]
Series:University of Delaware Press studies in 17th- and 18th- century art and culture.
Subjects:
Porcelain > Social aspects > France.
Art and society > France > History > 18th century.
Porcelain industry > France > History > 18th century.
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