The Industrial Arts [Signed W.M.]. book
The Industrial Arts [Signed W.M.]. book
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Author: William Maskell
Number of Pages: 54 pages
Published Date: 17 May 2012
Publisher: Not Avail
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: eBook
ISBN: 9781236095985
File size: 17 Mb
File Name: The.Industrial.Arts.[Signed.W.M.]..pdf
Download Link: The Industrial Arts [Signed W.M.].
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ... in the south of France, also produced some fine pottery, and succeeded in reaching a high degree of refinement. Examples are very rare. The two most famous wares of France, of the time of the renaissance, are the Palissy and the Henri Deux. Bernard Palissy was born about 1510, of poor parents, who could give him but little education. He learned to read and write, and taught himself geometry, drawing, and modelling. Beginning as a workman in glass, having made himself master of that business, he travelled and studied natural history and chemistry. A few years after his marriage in 1539 he saw a cup of enamelled pottery, and it struck him that if he could discover the com Salt cellar; Falissy: Kensington museum. position of the enamel he would raise the art of pottery to an eminence hitherto unknown and secure his own fortune. He knew nothing of the process or of the materials: but he made experiment after experiment, and spent all his money in useless attempts. He has described, in his own book, his labours, his trials and disappointments. He would yield to no complaints of his wife or the arguments of friends; once, when no more money could be borrowed, he burned the tables and boards of his house for fuel to supply his furnace. At length he was successful: he discovered the secret of the enamel, and his pottery soon obtained him wealth and fame. The fayence of Palissy is characterised by a peculiar style and many peculiar qualities. It is not decorated with flat painting. His figures and his ornaments are all executed in coloured relief. The back of his pieces is never of an uniform colour, but mottled with blue, yellow, and brown. The natural objects which he modelled are very true in form and colour: he S Palissy fruit plate, placed upon his dishes fish...
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The Industrial Arts [Signed W.M.].. William Maskell
Author: William Maskell
Number of Pages: 54 pages
Published Date: 17 May 2012
Publisher: Not Avail
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: eBook
ISBN: 9781236095985
File size: 17 Mb
File Name: The.Industrial.Arts.[Signed.W.M.]..pdf
Download Link: The Industrial Arts [Signed W.M.].
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ... in the south of France, also produced some fine pottery, and succeeded in reaching a high degree of refinement. Examples are very rare. The two most famous wares of France, of the time of the renaissance, are the Palissy and the Henri Deux. Bernard Palissy was born about 1510, of poor parents, who could give him but little education. He learned to read and write, and taught himself geometry, drawing, and modelling. Beginning as a workman in glass, having made himself master of that business, he travelled and studied natural history and chemistry. A few years after his marriage in 1539 he saw a cup of enamelled pottery, and it struck him that if he could discover the com Salt cellar; Falissy: Kensington museum. position of the enamel he would raise the art of pottery to an eminence hitherto unknown and secure his own fortune. He knew nothing of the process or of the materials: but he made experiment after experiment, and spent all his money in useless attempts. He has described, in his own book, his labours, his trials and disappointments. He would yield to no complaints of his wife or the arguments of friends; once, when no more money could be borrowed, he burned the tables and boards of his house for fuel to supply his furnace. At length he was successful: he discovered the secret of the enamel, and his pottery soon obtained him wealth and fame. The fayence of Palissy is characterised by a peculiar style and many peculiar qualities. It is not decorated with flat painting. His figures and his ornaments are all executed in coloured relief. The back of his pieces is never of an uniform colour, but mottled with blue, yellow, and brown. The natural objects which he modelled are very true in form and colour: he S Palissy fruit plate, placed upon his dishes fish...
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