The Course, Ceramics – Masters and Makers 3/5

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When:
January 26, 2017 @ 10:45 am – 12:45 pm
2017-01-26T10:45:00+00:00
2017-01-26T12:45:00+00:00
Where:
The Course at The University Women's Club
2 Audley Square
Mayfair, London W1K
UK
Cost:
£54
Contact:
Mary Bromley
020 7266 7815
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Academic Art Conservation Craft Design Education History

Founded in 1994, THE COURSE offers art history lectures, opera and literature courses, guided museum visits and London walks.

Ceramics has been important in European culture for both utilitarian and artistic purposes. This 5 part series looks at materials and techniques over the last 500 years and explores some of the key aspects of production in the history of European culture – tin glazed wares produced in Italy during the C16th, the pioneering development of factories at Meissen, Sevres and Wedgwood and the explosion of production and creativity that occurred in C19th Britain.

Opportunities for collecting ceramic pieces will be highlighted

MASTERS OF C18TH EUROPEAN PORCELAIN 

In this lecture, we will see that the C18th was particularly important for the development of factory production. Meissen created Europe’s first true porcelain production, Sevres whose soft paste artificial porcelain was the envy of the western world and Wedgwood who developed new bodies using scientific research, employed top designers and developed modern business practices still being used today.