Shapely Bodies: The Image of Porcelain in Eighteenth-Century France

by Christine A. Jones

Book Overview

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 into social subjects with the help of makeup, stylish patterns, and accessories. These practices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644530732
• ISBN13: 9781644530733
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"