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All Walks of Life: A Journey with The Alan Shimmerman Collection
Meissen Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century
Langbeschreibung
All Walks of Life offers a unique opportunity to get to know theeighteenth-century people of Saxony, Paris, London, andSt. Petersburg through the Meissen porcelain sculpture of TheAlan Shimmerman Collection. Johann Joachim Kaendler, alongwith his fellow modelers and painters at Meissen, capturedglimpses of everyday life by paying meticulous attention to thesmallest details: the carefully arranged tray of a trinket sellerthe personal writing of a love letter, the larding tools of a cookpreparing a hare. The Shimmerman Collection's focus on groupsof town criers and artisans provides a fresh look at the creationproduction, and distribution of Meissen porcelain. The publicationincludes the first comprehensive scientific analysis of a majorcollection of Meissen figures.
ISBN-13:
9783897906419
Veröffentl:
2022
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.12.2022
Seiten:
672
Autor:
André van den Goes
Gewicht:
3026 g
Format:
288x214x56 mm
Sprache:
Englisch