Author: Leonard N. AmicoPublisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Bernard Palissy
Author: Leonard N. AmicoPublisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Palissy the Potter. The Life of Bernard Palissy ... with an Outline of His Philosophical Doctrines, and a Translation of Illustrative Selections from His Works
Author: Henry MORLEY (Professor of English Literature at University College, London.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The Life of Bernard Palissy, of Saintes
Author: Henry MorleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass painting and staining
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Palissy the potter, the life of Bernard Palissy, of Saintes, his discoveries, with an outline of his philosophical doctrines, and a tr. of selections from his works
Author: Henry MorleyBernard Palissy and His Enamel
Author: Rupert Sargent HollandPublisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Bernard Palissy and His Enamel by Rupert Sargent Holland: This biography focuses on the life and contributions of Bernard Palissy, a French potter, scientist, and artist known for his innovations in ceramic and enamel works. The book explores Palissy's revolutionary techniques, his artistic achievements, and his pursuit of scientific knowledge during the Renaissance period. Key Points: Revolutionary ceramic and enamel work: The biography highlights Palissy's groundbreaking techniques in ceramic and enamel works. It delves into his experiments with glazes, his mastery of intricate designs, and his unique ability to create lifelike representations of flora and fauna in his pottery. The book emphasizes Palissy's status as a pioneer in the field, introducing innovative methods that transformed the art of ceramics. Integration of art and science: The book explores Palissy's multidisciplinary approach, where he combined his artistic endeavors with scientific inquiry. It discusses his studies in geology, botany, and chemistry, which influenced his understanding of the natural world and informed his artistic creations. The biography reflects on Palissy's belief that art and science were interconnected, and how this philosophy guided his work. Influence on subsequent generations: The biography reflects on Palissy's influence on subsequent generations of artists and scientists. It discusses how his innovative techniques inspired future ceramicists and enamelers, leading to the development of new artistic styles and practices. The book also explores how Palissy's integration of art and science laid the groundwork for later advancements in fields such as material science and applied arts.
Palissy Ware
Author: Marshall P. KatzPublisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Bernard Palissy, the great Renaissance potter, created a style of ceramic art which has remained popular for nearly four hundred years and which saw a considerable revival throughout Europe in the later nineteenth-century. The coiled vipers, the slinking lizards, the scaly fish - these are the characteristic Palissy creatures set in high relief and painted as in nature. Palissy ware is found in the world's great museums. This volume, fully illustrated in colour, provides the first comprehensive account of the work of Palissy's nineteenth-century followers in France. It aims to be regarded as the standard guide and work of reference for collectors, curators and all those concerned with the high achievements of ceramic art.
Fortress of the Soul
Author: Neil KamilPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421429357
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1085
Book Description
French Huguenots made enormous contributions to the life and culture of colonial New York during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Huguenot craftsmen were the city's most successful artisans, turning out unrivaled works of furniture which were distinguished by unique designs and arcane details. More than just decorative flourishes, however, the visual language employed by Huguenot artisans reflected a distinct belief system shaped during the religious wars of sixteenth-century France. In Fortress of the Soul, historian Neil Kamil traces the Huguenots' journey to New York from the Aunis-Saintonge region of southwestern France. There, in the sixteenth century, artisans had created a subterranean culture of clandestine workshops and meeting places inspired by the teachings of Bernard Palissy, a potter, alchemist, and philosopher who rejected the communal, militaristic ideology of the Huguenot majority which was centered in the walled city of La Rochelle. Palissy and his followers instead embraced a more fluid, portable, and discrete religious identity that encouraged members to practice their beliefs in secret while living safely—even prospering—as artisans in hostile communities. And when these artisans first fled France for England and Holland, then left Europe for America, they carried with them both their skills and their doctrine of artisanal security. Drawing on significant archival research and fresh interpretations of Huguenot material culture, Kamil offers an exhaustive and sophisticated study of the complex worldview of the Huguenot community. From the function of sacred violence and alchemy in the visual language of Huguenot artisans, to the impact among Protestants everywhere of the destruction of La Rochelle in 1628, to the ways in which New York's Huguenots interacted with each other and with other communities of religious dissenters and refugees, Fortress of the Soul brilliantly places American colonial history and material life firmly within the larger context of the early modern Atlantic world.
Sculpture City, St. Louis
Author: George McCuePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This is a study of public sculpture in St. Louis from the 19th century. With the founding of Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis has improved and expanded its holdings with highly acclaimed works, ranging from 19th century bust and equestrian monuments to modern classics by Henry Moore and the Falling Man of Ernest Trova. Included in the survey are the collections of the St. Louis Museum and the Washington University Gallery of Art.
Ceramic Literature
Author: Louis Marc SolonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ceramics
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
The Body of the Artisan
Author: Pamela H. SmithPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226763996
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Since the time of Aristotle, the making of knowledge and the making of objects have generally been considered separate enterprises. Yet during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, the two became linked through a "new" philosophy known as science. In The Body of the Artisan, Pamela H. Smith demonstrates how much early modern science owed to an unlikely source-artists and artisans. From goldsmiths to locksmiths and from carpenters to painters, artists and artisans were much sought after by the new scientists for their intimate, hands-on knowledge of natural materials and the ability to manipulate them. Drawing on a fascinating array of new evidence from northern Europe including artisans' objects and their writings, Smith shows how artisans saw all knowledge as rooted in matter and nature. With nearly two hundred images, The Body of the Artisan provides astonishingly vivid examples of this Renaissance synergy among art, craft, and science, and recovers a forgotten episode of the Scientific Revolution-an episode that forever altered the way we see the natural world.