Shapely Bodies: The Image of Porcelain in Eighteenth-Century France
(Part of the Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Art and Culture Series)
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Shapely Bodies: The Image of Porcelain in Eighteenth-Century France constructs the first cultural history of porcelain making in France. It takes its title from two types of "bodies" treated in this study: the craft of porcelain making shaped clods of earth into a clay body to produce high-end commodities and the French elite shaped human bodies into social subjects with the help of makeup, stylish patterns, and accessories. These practices...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1644530732
ISBN13:9781644530733
Release Date:May 2013
Publisher:University of Delaware Press
Length:316 Pages
Weight:0.93 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:16 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 11 and higher
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