GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Porcelain is the purest workable clay, made with little earth and mostly kaolin, silica, and feldsapr. After firing at very high temperatures (1250°-1350°C), it has a glasslike, water-tight gloss finish. Porcelain takes its name from the similarity it bears to the finish of the cowrie shell, in Italian porceliana. It was first produced in China in the 7th or 8th centuries CE and did not reach Europe until 1709.
Adapted from:
- DMA unpublished material, 1995.
- DMA unpublished material, Gallery Text (Materials and Meaning in the Center for Creative Connections), 2008.
NOTES
- DMA unpublished material: From the Glossary in Ken Kelsey, Gail Davitt, Carolyn Johnson, Cecilia Leach, Diane McClure, and Catherine Proctor, The Reves Collection at the Dallas Museum of Art, Teaching Packet, 1995.
- text transcribed from photo found in piction
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Materials & Meaning installation photo.
12086276: UMO
Exhibition ID- 11777
jpeg version of this photo in Piction- 12328062: UMO
WEB RESOURCES
- Youtube~Watch a video demonstrating the process of making porcelain wares.
- The New Yorker~Read "The European Obsession with Porcelain."
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General Description
Porcelain is the purest workable clay, made with little earth and mostly kaolin, silica, and feldsapr. After firing at very high temperatures (1250°-1350°C), it has a glasslike, water-tight gloss finish. Porcelain takes its name from the similarity it bears to the finish of the cowrie shell, in Italian porceliana. It was first produced in China in the 7th or 8th centuries CE and did not reach Europe until 1709.
Adapted from:
- DMA unpublished material, 1995.
- DMA unpublished material, Gallery Text (Materials and Meaning in the Center for Creative Connections), 2008.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Youtube~Watch a video demonstrating the process of making porcelain wares.
- The New Yorker~Read "The European Obsession with Porcelain."
Notes
- DMA unpublished material: From the Glossary in Ken Kelsey, Gail Davitt, Carolyn Johnson, Cecilia Leach, Diane McClure, and Catherine Proctor, The Reves Collection at the Dallas Museum of Art, Teaching Packet, 1995.
- text transcribed from photo found in piction
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