The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory: Alexandre Brongniart and the Triumph of Art and Industry, 1800-1847Beatrice Pannequin, Tamara Préaud, Karole Bezut, Antoine D'Albis, Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Laurie Dahlberg, Anne Lajoix, Sylvie Millasseau Yale University Press, 01.01.1997 - 416 Seiten The tumultuous years of the French Revolution left France’s prestigious decorative arts industries poised on the brink of ruin. It was not until after the fall of the monarchy and the ascendancy of the Consulat and Empire under Napoleon that they began to recover so that by the middle of the nineteenth century they stood at the pinnacle of their achievement. This book is the first in depth study of the renowned porcelain works at Sèvres during its virtual rebirth under the 47 year direction of the scientist, teacher, and administrator Alexandre Brongniart. Some 110 working drawings from the Sèvres Archive are reproduced here for the first time in color. They celebrate the high skill of the artists whose work often documented contemporary events in France. There are table services in the 'Egyptian' and 'Etruscan' taste as well as individual pieces that recall Napoleonic military campaigns. There are also exquisite Neoclassical decorations using motifs such as birds, butterflies, and insects that reflect the century’s early fascination with the natural sciences. The repertoire of nineteenth century eclecticism is evident in the output of Sèvres from the revival of Gothic and renaissance motifs to the outburst of naturalism. Eleven essays by leading authorities assess this dynamic period. |
Inhalt
Foreword | 8 |
France Between the Revolutions 17891848 | 15 |
Scholar and Member of the Institut de France | 25 |
Brongniart as Administrator | 43 |
Bongniart as Technician | 53 |
Brongniart and the Art of Ceramics | 65 |
The Nature and Goals of Production at the Sèvres Manufactory | 75 |
The StainedGlass and PaintingonGlass Workshop at Sèvres | 97 |
Sculpture at Sèvres During the Brongniart Administration | 113 |
The Significance of the Musée Céramique at Sèvres | 123 |
Two Controversial Decisions by Alexandre Brongniart | 149 |
The Enquête des Préfets 18051810 | 157 |
Catalogue of the Exhibition | 165 |
Factory Marks 394 | 322 |
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