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The book presents 50 pieces of European lacquerware from the 16th to the 20th century. Chosen from the collection of the Museum of Lacquerware in Münster, the pieces are vividly rendered in colour photographs and examined in detail in accompanying essays.
"Lacquer shines and flows," Oskar Schlemmer once wrote, »finally becoming as hard as stone. Lacquer can be colourless, as clear as glass and as bright as water, or range from yellow or gold through brown to deepest black. Through the addition of powdered pigments we can make lacquers in any colour, which likewise shine, flow smoothly and harden as they dry.« Resin, the highest quality of which can be found in the lacquer trees that thrive in temperate to hot zones of East and South-East Asia, constitues the basic ingredient of all lacquer. It is therefore not surprising that East Asian lacquerwork boasts an ancient heritage. The magnificence and aesthetic perfection that Europeans encountered when they first came into contact with Chinese and Japanese lacquer artefacts resulted in the opening of extensive trade routes which, by the 17th century, were bringing a constant flow of porcelain and lacquerware to Europe. It was in 1772, however, that the French lacquerer Jean-Félix Watin stated  "What immense sums leave Europe every year and are swallowed up in the vast regions of Asia," thereby giving voice to a common motivation for bringing lacquerware production to Europe, where in the previous two centuries it had, so to speak, only been simmering. This opulent catalogue narrates in vivid images and illuminating essays the comparatively young though rich tradition of European lacquer.
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The catalog book presents 50 European lacquer works from the 16th to the 20th century from the lacquer art museum Mnster, Germany. The museum houses important collections from Far East and European countries as well as an important Islamic department. The pieces are depicted with indepth descriptions and detailed color illustrations. An extensive bibliography sorted by countries, an index, a comprehensive glossary as well as a collection of recipes and technical methods and processing make this opulent album an indispensable reference work.
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European Lacquer: Selected Works from the Museum für Lackkunst Münster
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European Lacquer: Selected Works from the Museum für Lackkunst Münster. - (byMonika Kopplin)
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München: Hirmer, 2010, 1. Aufl., 392 pages, m. Abb. / illustr., 30 x 22,8 cm, ill. OPappband. / Hardcover. (9783777489308), 2010
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ill. OPappband. / Hardcover. 1. Aufl. Die aus dem Herbig-Haarhaus Lackmuseum in Köln hervorgegangene und um bedeutende Erwerbungen erweiterte Sammlung der BASF Coatings AG wurde 1993 in Münster als Museum für Lackkunst der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht. Diese in privater Trägerschaft unterhaltene Einrichtung beherbergt neben einem großen Bestand ostasiatischer Lackkunst auch eine islamische Abteilung sowie eine bedeutende Kollektion europäischer Lackarbeiten. Der Katalog stellt an fünfzig Beispielen aus dem 16. bis 20. Jahrhundert die Verfahren und Ziertechniken vor, die die europäische Lackkunst in dieser Zeit entwickelt hat. In den eingehenden Bild- und Textdokumentationen wird jedem Stück darüber hinaus im kunst- und kulturhistorischen Kontext seiner Zeit Rechnung getragen. Abbildungen wichtiger Beispiele aus anderen öffentlichen oder privaten Sammlungen runden die Beiträge zu anschaulichen Übersichtsdarstellungen ab. Ein Verzeichnis der museumseigenen historischen Lackrezepturen, eine ausführliche, nach Ländern gegliederte Bibliographie, ein Index und ein umfassendes Glossar erweitern diesen opulenten Katalog zu einem handbuchartigen Nachschlagewerk. (Original-eingeschweisstes Ex. - verlagsfrisch! / new - in original wrapping) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 4300. Seller Inventory # 412417