The Secret of Colors. Ceramics from China and Europe from the 18th Century to the Present Day.
Baur Foundation Museum of Far Eastern Art / 5 Continents| N° d'inventaire | 25857 |
| Format | 21 x 27 |
| Détails | 170 p., richly illustrated, brochure with flaps. |
| Publication | Milan, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9791254600054 |
Although our eyes have become accustomed to perceiving an infinite palette of colors displayed on all sorts of objects, from billboards to cartoons, including prints and photographs, this has not always been the case. In ceramics, as in cinema, color has been the subject of a quest, sometimes long and tedious, but often a source of unprecedented emulation.
This book tells the tumultuous story of this quest for color on porcelain in China and France. It proposes to compare two key moments in the history of porcelain characterized by the desire to extend the palette of enamels on porcelain: the turning points of the 18th century century in China and the 19th century century in France. A first section shows the development of opaque enamels on porcelain and copper in the 18th century century through the very rich collection of imperial porcelain by Alfred Baur, the Canton enamels of the Zoubov Foundation and the export porcelains of the Ariana Museum (Geneva). The second part begins in France in the 19th century century at the Sèvres factory and follows the journey of the various missions carried out in China to bring back color samples, analyze them chemically and imitate them; it ends with the experiments of the artist Fance Franck (1927-2008) on sacrificial red. Opening on the contemporary period, the last part of the book examines the work on color of the Austrian ceramist Thomas Bohle (born in 1958).
Bilingual edition French / English.
Although our eyes have become accustomed to perceiving an infinite palette of colors displayed on all sorts of objects, from billboards to cartoons, including prints and photographs, this has not always been the case. In ceramics, as in cinema, color has been the subject of a quest, sometimes long and tedious, but often a source of unprecedented emulation.
This book tells the tumultuous story of this quest for color on porcelain in China and France. It proposes to compare two key moments in the history of porcelain characterized by the desire to extend the palette of enamels on porcelain: the turning points of the 18th century century in China and the 19th century century in France. A first section shows the development of opaque enamels on porcelain and copper in the 18th century century through the very rich collection of imperial porcelain by Alfred Baur, the Canton enamels of the Zoubov Foundation and the export porcelains of the Ariana Museum (Geneva). The second part begins in France in the 19th century century at the Sèvres factory and follows the journey of the various missions carried out in China to bring back color samples, analyze them chemically and imitate them; it ends with the experiments of the artist Fance Franck (1927-2008) on sacrificial red. Opening on the contemporary period, the last part of the book examines the work on color of the Austrian ceramist Thomas Bohle (born in 1958).
Bilingual edition French / English.