Download or read book The Radical Potter written by Tristram Hunt and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of Britain’s leading historians and the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, a scintillating biography of Josiah Wedgwood, the celebrated eighteenth-century potter, entrepreneur, and abolitionist Wedgwood’s pottery, such as his celebrated light-blue jasperware, is famous worldwide. Jane Austen bought it and wrote of it in her novels; Empress Catherine II of Russia ordered hundreds of pieces for her palace; British diplomats hauled it with them on their first-ever mission to Peking, audaciously planning to impress China with their china. But the life of Josiah Wedgwood is far richer than just his accomplishments in ceramics. He was a leader of the Industrial Revolution, a pioneering businessman, a cultural tastemaker, and a tireless scientific experimenter whose inventions made him a fellow of the Royal Society. He was also an ardent abolitionist, whose Emancipation Badge medallion—depicting an enslaved African and inscribed “Am I Not a Man and a Brother?”—became the most popular symbol of the antislavery movement on both sides of the Atlantic. And he did it all in the face of chronic disability and relentless pain: a childhood bout with smallpox eventually led to the amputation of his right leg. As historian Tristram Hunt puts it in this lively, vivid biography, Wedgwood was the Steve Jobs of the eighteenth century: a difficult, brilliant, creative figure whose personal drive and extraordinary gifts changed the way we work and live. Drawing on a rich array of letters, journals, and historical documents, The Radical Potter brings us the story of a singular man, his dazzling contributions to design and innovation, and his remarkable global impact.

Download or read book Innovation A Very Short Introduction written by Mark Dodgson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates how innovation is used to create wealth, productivity growth, and improved quality of life

Download or read book The Radical Potter written by Tristram Hunt and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Longlisted for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History, 2022* A spectacular biography of the great designer, entrepreneur, abolitionist and beacon of the Industrial Revolution, from acclaimed historian and Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tristram Hunt Josiah Wedgwood, perhaps the greatest English potter who ever lived, epitomized the best of his age. From his kilns and workshops in Stoke-on-Trent, he revolutionized the production of ceramics in Georgian Britain by marrying technology with design, manufacturing efficiency and retail flair. He transformed the luxury markets not only of London, Liverpool, Bath and Dublin but of America and the world, and helping to usher in a mass consumer society. Tristram Hunt calls him 'the Steve Jobs of the eighteenth century'. But Wedgwood was radical in his mind and politics as well as in his designs. He campaigned for free trade and religious toleration, read pioneering papers to the Royal Society and was a member of the celebrated Lunar Society of Birmingham. Most significantly, he created the ceramic 'Emancipation Badge', depicting a slave in chains and inscribed 'Am I Not a Man and a Brother?' that became the symbol of the abolitionist movement. Tristram Hunt's hugely enjoyable new biography, strongly based on Wedgwood's notebooks, letters and the words of his contemporaries, brilliantly captures the energy and originality of Wedgwood and his extraordinary contribution to the transformation of eighteenth-century Britain.

Download or read book An Address to the Workmen in the Pottery on the Subject of Entering Into the Service of Foreign Manufacturers of Porcelain written by Josiah Wedgwood and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: In this interesting address to the workmen in the pottery/porcelain trade, the famous potter Josiah Wedgwood attempts to dissuade skilled potters from taking employment abroad. Competition amongst porcelain manufactories was rife at the time, and this text provides an interesting insight into that trend.

Download or read book Josiah Wedgwood written by Anthony Burton and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the innovative genius who became pottery maker to royalty—and to the world: “You don't have to know a glaze from a slip to enjoy this.” —Kirkus Reviews Born in Staffordshire, England, to a family of traditional potters in 1730, Josiah Wedgwood would grow up to revolutionize the industry, founding the company still world-renowned in the twenty-first century. When he started work, the local ware was either fairly rustic, or made to look a little more sophisticated by the addition of heavy glazes. He worked to produce a lighter colored body and to use designs made to appeal to aristocratic tastes, convinced that where they led the rapidly growing middle class would follow. The result was cream ware which, when a whole service was ordered by the royal family, was soon christened queens ware. But Wedgwood was a distinctive character for more reasons than his artistry. As a businessman, he adopted an early form of mass production, and is believed to be the inventor of many modern marketing techniques such as money-back guarantees and illustrated catalogs. He was also a passionate early abolitionist who used his company to promote the anti-slavery cause, and he pursued the study of chemistry in order to understand the science behind the potter’s art, eventually inventing a kiln thermometer. This fascinating biography brings to life a remarkable eighteenth-century figure.

Download or read book Josiah Wedgwood and His Pottery written by William Burton and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Majolica Mania written by Susan Weber and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive study of the most important ceramic innovation of the 19th century Colorful, wildly imaginative, and technically innovative, majolica was functional and aesthetic ceramic ware. Its subject matter reflects a range of 19th-century preoccupations, from botany and zoology to popular humor and the macabre. Majolica Mania examines the medium’s considerable impact, from wares used in domestic settings to monumental pieces at the World’s Fairs. Essays by international experts address the extensive output of the originators and manufacturers in England—including Minton, Wedgwood, and George Jones—and the migration of English craftsmen to the U.S. New research including information on important American makers in New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia is also featured. Fully illustrated, the book is enlivened by new photography of pieces from major museums and private collections in the U.S. and Great Britain.

Download or read book Josiah Wedgwood F R S written by Samuel Smiles and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Equiano the African written by Vincent Carretta and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive biography tells the story of the former slave Olaudah Equiano (1745?–1797), who in his day was the English-speaking world’s most renowned person of African descent. Equiano’s greatest legacy is his classic 1789 autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself. A key document of the early movement to ban the slave trade, as well as the fundamental text in the genre of the African American slave narrative, it includes the earliest known purported firsthand description by an enslaved victim of the horrific Middle Passage from Africa to the Americas. Equiano, the African is filled with fresh revelations about this many-sided figure.

Download or read book The Dwight and Lucille Beeson Wedgwood Collection at the Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham Alabama written by Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Ala.) and published by ACC Distribution. This book was released on 1992 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of approximately fourteen hundred objects is a comprehensive compilation of most forms of Wedgwood's ware from the eighteenth century, and such rare pieces as the figure of Britannia, a medallion bearing the portrait of Sir William Hamilton and inscribed by Thomas Bentley, and a cream-ware cream cullier can be found in no other museum.

Download or read book Classic Black written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition "Classic Black: The Basalt Sculpture of Wedgwood and His Contemporaries" (February 8, 2020-August 30, 2020), organized by The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina"--

Download or read book The Personal Life of Josiah Wedgwood the Potter written by Julia Wedgwood and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Life of Josiah Wedgwood written by Eliza Meteyard and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wedgwood Jasper Ware written by Michael Herman and published by Schiffer Book for Collectors. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For novice and moderately advanced collectors, mainly pieces produced from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Includes Wedgwood Jasper history, colors, marks and prices, and hundreds of illustrations.

Download or read book A Pottery by the Lagan written by Peter Francis and published by Dufour Editions. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1993 an excavation near the Ravenhill Road in Belfast uncovered evidence of one of the largest potteries ever built in Ireland. Although its short-lived existence is largely unknown today, the Downshire Pottery was founded during the 1780s with an ambitious aim - to compete with the greatest eighteenth-century potter of all, Josiah Wedgwood. The fine-quality wares they produced, known as creamwares or 'Queen's-wares', were often richly coloured and handsomely decorated, but they were never marked. Consequently, not even one example of Irish Creamware was known before the excavations look place. In the few years since then, a small but diverse selection of pieces has already been identified, and the range continues to grow." "This book provides a thorough account of the rise and decline of this fascinating pottery, bringing together all of the available documentary evidence, describing the excavated finds in detail and illustrating the examples of Downshire pottery that are now recognised. The many photographs provide a unique insight into an aspect of Irish art and history that previously has been largely overlooked. For those who might hope to find a rare example of this Irish creamware for themselves, the book will prove an invaluable guide."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book The Wedgwoods Being a Life of Josiah Wedgwood with Notices of His Works and Their Productions Memoirs of the Wedgwood and Other Families and a History of the Early Potteries of Staffordshire With Illustrations written by Llewellynn Frederick William JEWITT and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Life of Josiah Wedgwood from His Private Correspondence and Family Papers in the Possession of Joseph Mayer et Al and Other Original Sources written by Eliza Meteyard and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: