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- ISBN 9780300251043
- Dimensions: 241 x 305mm
- Publication Date: 24 Nov 2020
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The first comprehensive study of the most important ceramic innovation of the 19th century
Colorful, wildly imaginative, and technically innovative, majolica was functional and aesthetic ceramic ware. Its subject matter reflects a range of 19th-century preoccupations, from botany and zoology to popular humor and the macabre. Majolica Mania examines the medium’s considerable impact, from wares used in domestic settings to monumental pieces at the World’s Fairs. Essays by international experts address the extensive output of the originators and manufacturers in England—including Minton, Wedgwood, and George Jones—and the migration of English craftsmen to the U.S. New research including information on important American makers in New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia is also featured. Fully illustrated, the book is enlivened by new photography of pieces from major museums and private collections in the U.S. and Great Britain.
Distributed for Bard Graduate Center
(September 24, 2021–January 2, 2022)
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
(February 26–July 31, 2022)
Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
(October 15, 2022–February 26, 2023)
Colorful, wildly imaginative, and technically innovative, majolica was functional and aesthetic ceramic ware. Its subject matter reflects a range of 19th-century preoccupations, from botany and zoology to popular humor and the macabre. Majolica Mania examines the medium’s considerable impact, from wares used in domestic settings to monumental pieces at the World’s Fairs. Essays by international experts address the extensive output of the originators and manufacturers in England—including Minton, Wedgwood, and George Jones—and the migration of English craftsmen to the U.S. New research including information on important American makers in New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia is also featured. Fully illustrated, the book is enlivened by new photography of pieces from major museums and private collections in the U.S. and Great Britain.
Distributed for Bard Graduate Center
Exhibition Schedule:
(September 24, 2021–January 2, 2022)
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
(February 26–July 31, 2022)
Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
(October 15, 2022–February 26, 2023)
Susan Weber is director and founder of the Bard Graduate Center.
