...The base is soft paste porcelain made from soap rock, which is abundant in Cornwall. The early decorative style was known as "Worcester Japan", which freely imitated Japanese Kakiemonte and Imari porcelain, but after 1760, elegant rococo figures and pastoral scenes influenced by Sèvres and Meissen became prominent, and from the end of that century to the beginning of the 19th century, neo-classical figurines and neat porcelain with partial gold borders were produced in large quantities, reflecting the tastes of the time. In 1757, Robert Hancock also adopted copperplate transfer printing for painting here, and made early efforts to mass-produce porcelain. ... *Some of the terminology that refers to "Worcester Japan" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…素地はコーンウォールに豊富に産するソープ・ロック(凍石)を用いた軟質soft paste磁器。初期の装飾様式は日本の柿右衛門手や伊万里磁器を自由にまねた,〈ウースター・ジャパン〉と呼ばれたものが知られるが,1760年以降はセーブルやマイセンの影響を受けたロココ風の優雅な人物や田園風景のものが顕著となり,さらにその世紀末から19世紀初頭にかけては,その時代の趣味を反映して,新古典的な人物の置物や部分的に金彩を縁どりした端正な磁器が多量に製作された。また,ここでは1757年にロバート・ハンコックが絵付けに銅版転写を採用し,早くから磁器の大量生産に努めた。… ※「ウースター・ジャパン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
<<: Ustad Sea Rebellion - Ustad Sea Rebellion
A time system measured by the solar hour angle. A...
It is a slang term for mental illness and mentally...
A genre of novels from the late Edo period. It su...
...The birds of this genus also live in the treet...
A Korean history book. Currently known as the Anna...
…Since some of these morphological changes and th...
One of the sections of Gidayu-bushi. Usually writt...
A short story by Nakano Shigeharu. Published in Ke...
[Born] 1732 [Died] December 2, 1791. Farmley, Kilk...
A temporary outdoor lifestyle using tents, simple ...
…[Tetsuichi Yahara]. … *Some of the terminology t...
French poet. Born on October 20th in Charleville,...
…the Federalist Party was a political party in th...
1771‐1834 The second Shah of the Qajar dynasty of ...
A school of swordsmanship that originated with Ai...