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Shapely bodies : the image of porcelain in eighteenth-century France / Christine A. Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Christine A., 1969- author.
- Series:
- Studies in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature.
- Studies in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art and society--France--History--18th century.
- Art and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newark, Lanham, Maryland : University of Delaware Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-64453-074-0
- OCLC:
- 841233975
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