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Preliminary Research Paper Title:
The Art of Imitation: Renaissance Ceramics in the style of Ming Porcelain
Paragraph 1 (Introduction):
Brief background about cross-cultural studies; examination of Renaissance and
Chinese trade relations.
Brief discussion of rarity and desirability of porcelain in the sixteenth century.
Thesis: The demand for Ming dynasty porcelain in sixteenth-century Renaissance
Italy motivated alchemists and potters to try to equal the quality of Chinese
ceramics in their own ceramic production through experimentation and illusion.
Although these early experiments in soft-paste porcelain were unsuccessful, they
were a significant step in the development of porcelain in Early Modern Europe.
Paragraphs 2-3 (Relevant description and background information):
Description of types of Ming porcelain in Medici collections with underglaze
blue. Mention typical subjects popular in Italy (include illustration figure 1).
Description of maiolica vessels dipped in white, tin-glaze called bianco with
blue glaze to appear as if it were porcelain (include illustration figure 2).
Explore similarities b/w Italian and Chinese iconography.
Describe process of porcelain production vs. maiolica production
Paragraphs 3-4 (Review of current scholarship):
Analysis of recent publications about Ming dynasty porcelain and imperial kilns;
So-called Silk Road Trade; scholarship about the desirability of exotic objects
i.e. objects from the New World, from Asia, from the Near East, etc.
Analysis of publications about maiolica in porcelain style.
Analysis of publications about Medici porcelain collections and Medici Porcelain
manufactory
Paragraph 5 (Methodological background):
Political Context: Period of Relative Stability, Medici in Power in Florence
Economic Context: Periods of Economic Growth through Trade
Concept of Hybridity (Post-colonial Theory): Italian ceramics that imitate
Chinese examples demonstrate a mixing of two cultural and artistic traditions.
Concept of Mimicry (based on research of Homi Bhabha): Italians mimicking
Chinese examples, and, in turn, producing a new art form.
Paragraphs 6-9 (New discoveries, evidence to support thesis statement):
Explain that the failings of imitation maiolica porcelain would have led to strong
desire to improve appearance. Describe physical flaws chips, heaviness. In
short, the appearance of the Italian maiolica looked and felt nothing like genuine
porcelain. (include citations of sources for this evidence).
Explain history of alchemy and pottery experiments in sixteenth-century Italy.
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