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Breaking porcelain : a journey in the curatorship of inherited Meissen shards

Thesis MA(VA)--Stellenbosch University, 2017.

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Main Author: Howse, Michaela
Other Authors: Van der Wal, Ernst
Format: Thesis
Language:en_ZA
Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2017
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spelling oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/101063 Breaking porcelain : a journey in the curatorship of inherited Meissen shards Howse, Michaela Van der Wal, Ernst Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Visual Arts. Inherited porcelain shards Meissen porcelain collection -- History Dresden bombing -- 1945 Von Klemperer family -- History UCTD Thesis MA(VA)--Stellenbosch University, 2017. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Breaking Porcelain is a personal journey in the curatorship of inherited porcelain shards. A Meissen porcelain collection, once belonging to my great, great grandparents – German Jewish collectors in Dresden – was stolen by the Nazis, partly lost and partly bombed in the firebombing of Dresden, later in part recovered from the destruction, and then further held in East Germany until the remains of the collection, a great deal of it broken, were finally returned to the family. Broken and scarred, the porcelain fragments I have inherited serve as memorials that bear the evidence of their complex pasts. At the heart of the curatorial project lies the intention to understand the value and relevance of these porcelain fragments today. This involves exploration into the contexts that informed them during their history as well as appreciation of the effects they have had on people’s lives in the recent past. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen opsomming beskikbaar Masters 2017-02-21T12:33:39Z 2017-03-29T12:03:50Z 2017-02-21T12:33:39Z 2017-03-29T12:03:50Z 2017-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101063 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 176 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
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Meissen porcelain collection -- History
Dresden bombing -- 1945
Von Klemperer family -- History
UCTD
Howse, Michaela
Breaking porcelain : a journey in the curatorship of inherited Meissen shards
title Breaking porcelain : a journey in the curatorship of inherited Meissen shards
title_full Breaking porcelain : a journey in the curatorship of inherited Meissen shards
title_fullStr Breaking porcelain : a journey in the curatorship of inherited Meissen shards
title_full_unstemmed Breaking porcelain : a journey in the curatorship of inherited Meissen shards
title_short Breaking porcelain : a journey in the curatorship of inherited Meissen shards
title_sort breaking porcelain a journey in the curatorship of inherited meissen shards
topic Inherited porcelain shards
Meissen porcelain collection -- History
Dresden bombing -- 1945
Von Klemperer family -- History
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101063
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