The Course, Ceramics – Masters and Makers 4/5

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When:
February 2, 2017 @ 10:45 am – 12:45 pm
2017-02-02T10:45:00+00:00
2017-02-02T12:45:00+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

INNOVATION IN VICTORIAN CERAMICS                      

In this lecture, we will see how in C19th Britain, ceramic manufacture and entrepreneurship reached a peak with firms such as Spode, Minton and Copeland as well as the development of innovatory new materials, styles and techniques of production. (Majolica pottery, parianware, pate sur pate and encaustic)