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A fascinating exploration of the inspiration behind, and development, of black basalt, the famous stoneware perfected by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1768 to produce his exquisite ornamental wares.
List of contents
Foreword by Todd A. Herman, PhD, President & CEO, The Mint MuseumAcknowledgments by Brian D. Gallagher, Curator of Decorative Arts, The Mint MuseumPreface by Brian D. GallagherClassicism and the Design Business by Robin EmmersonJosiah Wedgwood's Production of Basalt Ornamental Wares by Gaye Blake-RobertsWedgwood's Basalts within the Context of the 18th-Century English Sculpture Market by Dr. M.G. SullivanCatalogue of the Exhibition by Brian D. GallagherI. Works Based on Sources from Classical Antiquity: Wedgwood's Sources from Classical Antiquityby Dr. Nancy H. RamageII. Works Based on 16th- and 17th-Century SourcesIII. Works Based on 18th-Century SourcesConcordance (by Object Type)Selected BibliographyMint Museum Board of TrusteesIndex
About the author
Brian Gallagher is the Curator of Decorative Arts at The Mint Museum. His recent projects include the publication, British Ceramics 1675-1825: The Mint Museum, which highlights over 225 examples from the Mint's renowned British ceramics collection, and the reinstallation of that collection in a long-term display called Portals to the Past: British Ceramics 1675-1825. Gaye Blake-Roberts is curator of the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston, UK. Robin Emmerson is the former curator of Decorative Arts, National Museums, Liverpool, UK. Dr. Nancy H. Ramage is the Charles A. Dana Professor of the Humanities and Arts Emerita, Ithaca College. Dr. M.G. Sullivan, Independent Scholar, York University, UK.
Summary
A fascinating exploration of the inspiration behind, and development of, classically inspired sculpture and other ornamental wares in black basalt, the famous stoneware perfected by Josiah Wedgwood in 1768.
