History of the Ceramic Art: A Descriptive and Philosophical Study of the Pottery of All Ages and All Nations (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Similar ideas proceed from Similar conditions, and develop themselves more or less rapidly according to given rules.
On the day when man, walking upon the clayey soil, softened by inundations or rain, first Observed that the earth retained the print of his footsteps, the plastic art was discovered and when, lighting a fire to warm his limbs or to cook his food, he remarked that the surface of the hearth changed its nature and its colour, that the reddened clay became sonorous, impervious, and hardened in its new Shape, the art was revealed to him of making vessels fit to contain liquids.
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Similar ideas proceed from Similar conditions, and develop themselves more or less rapidly according to given rules.
On the day when man, walking upon the clayey soil, softened by inundations or rain, first Observed that the earth retained the print of his footsteps, the plastic art was discovered and when, lighting a fire to warm his limbs or to cook his food, he remarked that the surface of the hearth changed its nature and its colour, that the reddened clay became sonorous, impervious, and hardened in its new Shape, the art was revealed to him of making vessels fit to contain liquids.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2018
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- ISBN 13 9781332782550
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages689
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