The Course, Ceramics – Masters and Makers 5/5

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When:
February 9, 2017 @ 10:45 am – 12:45 pm
2017-02-09T10:45:00+00:00
2017-02-09T12:45:00+00:00
Where:
The Course at The University Women's Club
2 Audley Square
Mayfair, London W1K
UK
Cost:
354
Contact:
Mary Bromley
020 7266 7815
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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

ARTS & CRAFTS AND STUDIO POTTERY

In this lecture, the development of the arts and crafts movement in the second half of the 19th century will  be explored and its huge repercussions for ceramic making in Britain. It will also examine the development of the art pottery movement with reference to William de Morgan, William Moorcroft, Edmund Elton and Doulton & Company. It will also examine the development of the related 20th century studio pottery movement and its legacy.