Vase with mythological scenes
Joseph-Théodore Deck|Auguste-Alexandre Hirsch
1867 · White earthenware · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Artist-potters associated with Art Nouveau condemned historical revivalism. Ceramicists were not, however, opposed to utilizing Neoclassical forms and themes, as long as they were modernized. Here Deck updates the shape of a Greek column-krater with a bright color palette that is purely nineteenth-century in style.
- Artist
- Joseph-Théodore Deck|Auguste-Alexandre Hirsch
- Date
- 1867
- Medium
- White earthenware
- Culture
- French, Paris
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2013
