Author: Gallagher, Brian D and Gaye Blake-Roberts
Title: Classic Black: The Basalt Sculpture of Wedgwood and His Contemporaries
Description: Charlotte, N.C./ London, Mint Museum / D Giles Limited, 2020. Softcover. black boards w/ reflective pink spine printing. pink pastedowns & endpapers. 248 pgs w/ color & bw illustrations. grey & black illustrated dustjacket w/ pink printing. A nice, bright copy; appears to be lightly read. ".. This volume presents approximately 120 examples of ornamental black basalt, including portrait busts, statues, and vases, ewers, and other fully three-dimensional, ornamental forms. Works in low relief include tablets, plaques, medallions, and cameos. The volume also features essays by renowned subject specialists and individual, fully illustrated catalogue entries which will be grouped into three chapters and organized according to the era—Classical Antiquity, 16th- and 17th-Centuries, 18th Century—of the design sources used by Wedgwood and his contemporaries to create their basalt wares."--Amazon. New in shrinkwrap .

Keywords: European Artists, Josiah Wedgwood, Basalt Sculpture ; Wedgwood, Josiah ; ;


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