Neoclassicism in the Art Practice of Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory Masters
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https://doi.org/10.18688/aa155-7-74Keywords:
porcelain, neo-classic, historicism, Denmark, Bertel ThorvaldsenAbstract
The history of applied art of the 19th century is traditionally described as a period of Historicism which revived interest to the styles of previous centuries. In the art of porcelain, particularly in Denmark, neoclassical traditions were the most popular ones. Actually studying the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory items (produced in 1830 –1880) shows that the form-making traditions and decorative devices preferred by artists, designers, and sculptors, were often far from classical traditions. As a result, porcelain pieces usually known as neoclassical should be in fact described more accurately as a mere part of material culture, rather ephemera than art works.
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