Science and Civilisation in China - 5: Science and Civilisation in China, Part 12, Ceramic Technology - Technology, Part 12, Ceramic Technolog

Informationen zum Autor Chief Curator, Far Eastern Section, Asian Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Professor of Ceramics, Department of Ceramics, University of Westminster, Harrow. Klappentext How were Chinese pots made, glazed and fired? Why did China discover porcelain more than 1,000 years before the West? What are the effects of China's influence on world ceramics? These questions (and many more) are answered in this history of Chinese ceramic technology, from the late Stone Age to the twenty-first century AD. The non-specialist reader will appreciate its unique coverage of research materials originally published in several languages. Zusammenfassung How were Chinese pots made! glazed and fired? Why did China discover porcelain more than one thousand years before the West? What are the effects of China's influence on world ceramics? These questions (and many more) are answered in this history of Chinese ceramic technology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Setting the scene; 2. Clays; 3. Kilns; 4. Manufacturing methods and sequences; 5. Glazes; 6. Pigments, enamels and gilding; 7. Transfer; List of illustrations; List of tables; Chronology.

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• Authors: Rose Kerr, Rose Wood Kerr, Joseph Needham, Joseph Kerr Needham, Nigel Wood, Nigel (University of Westminster) Wood
• Assisted by: C. Cullen (Editor), Rose Kerr (Editor), Nigel Wood (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.10.2004
• EAN: 9780521838337
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83833-7
• No. of pages: 968
• Sets: Science and Civilisation in China; Science and Civilisation in China
• Series: Science and Civilisation in Ch; Science and Civilisation in China; Science and Civilisation in Ch
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Asiatische Geschichte, SCIENCE / History, Technology & Industrial Arts, HISTORY / Asia / China, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History