Author: Gisela HeilpernPublisher: Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Josiah Wedgwood, Eighteenth-century English Potter
Author: Gisela HeilpernPublisher: Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Josiah Wedgwood, Eighteenth-century English Potter
Author: Southern Illinois University (CarbondaleI)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The Radical Potter
Author: Tristram HuntPublisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 1250128358
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
From one of Britain’s leading historians and the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, a scintillating biography of Josiah Wedgwood, the celebrated eighteenth-century potter, entrepreneur, and abolitionist Wedgwood’s pottery, such as his celebrated light-blue jasperware, is famous worldwide. Jane Austen bought it and wrote of it in her novels; Empress Catherine II of Russia ordered hundreds of pieces for her palace; British diplomats hauled it with them on their first-ever mission to Peking, audaciously planning to impress China with their china. But the life of Josiah Wedgwood is far richer than just his accomplishments in ceramics. He was a leader of the Industrial Revolution, a pioneering businessman, a cultural tastemaker, and a tireless scientific experimenter whose inventions made him a fellow of the Royal Society. He was also an ardent abolitionist, whose Emancipation Badge medallion—depicting an enslaved African and inscribed “Am I Not a Man and a Brother?”—became the most popular symbol of the antislavery movement on both sides of the Atlantic. And he did it all in the face of chronic disability and relentless pain: a childhood bout with smallpox eventually led to the amputation of his right leg. As historian Tristram Hunt puts it in this lively, vivid biography, Wedgwood was the Steve Jobs of the eighteenth century: a difficult, brilliant, creative figure whose personal drive and extraordinary gifts changed the way we work and live. Drawing on a rich array of letters, journals, and historical documents, The Radical Potter brings us the story of a singular man, his dazzling contributions to design and innovation, and his remarkable global impact.
An Address to the Workmen in the Pottery, on the Subject of Entering Into the Service of Foreign Manufacturers (of Porcelain)
Author: Josiah WedgwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Description: In this interesting address to the workmen in the pottery/porcelain trade, the famous potter Josiah Wedgwood attempts to dissuade skilled potters from taking employment abroad. Competition amongst porcelain manufactories was rife at the time, and this text provides an interesting insight into that trend.
The Radical Potter
Author: Tristram HuntPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9780141984629
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Josiah Wedgwood, perhaps the greatest English potter who ever lived, epitomized the best of his age. From his kilns and workshops in Stoke-on-Trent, he revolutionized the production of ceramics in Georgian Britain by marrying technology with design, manufacturing efficiency and retail flair. He transformed the luxury markets not only of London, Liverpool, Bath and Dublin but of America and the world, and helping to usher in a mass consumer society. Tristram Hunt calls him 'the Steve Jobs of the eighteenth century'. But Wedgwood was radical in his mind and politics as well as in his designs. He campaigned for free trade and religious toleration, read pioneering papers to the Royal Society and was a member of the celebrated Lunar Society of Birmingham. Most significantly, he created the ceramic 'Emancipation Badge', depicting a slave in chains and inscribed 'Am I Not a Man and a Brother?' that became the symbol of the abolitionist movement. Tristram Hunt's hugely enjoyable new biography, strongly based on Wedgwood's notebooks, letters and the words of his contemporaries, brilliantly captures the energy and originality of Wedgwood and his extraordinary contribution to the transformation of eighteenth-century Britain.
Josiah Wedgwood and His Pottery
Author: William BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Staffordshire pottery
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Josiah Wedgwood and the Potter's Arts
Author: James R. BoylePublisher:
ISBN: 9780968089804
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The potters in Staffordshire, England, developed their arts & their production continuously so that their craft evolved into a worldwide industry & trade. The essays in this volume celebrate the Staffordshire potters, particularly Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795). Includes articles on: the idea that his fame rests with his being the greatest inventor in the history of pottery; reflections on the Greek origins of Etruscan pottery & Etruria; analyzes the collaboration of George Stubbs & Josiah Wedgwood; shows how Wedgwood used his London showroom to attract the patronage & business of the upper class; explores the influence of Sir William Hamilton on spreading the knowledge of antiquities among potters & the public, & many more.--Amazon.com.
English Pottery and Porcelain
Author: Edward A. DownmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Collectors and collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Innovation: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Mark DodgsonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199568901
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
This book demonstrates how innovation is used to create wealth, productivity growth, and improved quality of life
Author: L. W.