Looking at European Ceramics: A Guide to Technical Terms

by David Harris Cohen, Catherine Hess, Catherine Cohen, David Harris; Hess

Book Overview

What is maiolica? What is the difference between hard-paste and soft-paste porcelain. What is a piatto da pompa? This book offers definitions of these and other terms related to the techniques, processes, and materials used in the making of ceramics in Europe from the Middle Ages throughout the beginning of the twentieth century. Concise and readable explanations of the technical terms most frequently encountered by the museum-goer, accompanied by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892362162
• ISBN13: 9780892362165
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"