Ceramics from Çanakkale, from Schliemann's excavations to Japonism
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Çanakkale, a city near Troy in the Dardanelles region, became known as early as the 18th century for its ceramics, which were exported throughout the East. Cultural archaeology is the subject of this comparative study that embraces many disciplines to help us understand the reasons that have shaped this heritage’s appropriation, reception, and triumphant recognition.
Çanakkale, a city near Troy in the Dardanelles region, became known as early as the 18th century for its ceramics, which were exported throughout the East. Influenced by Schliemann’s excavations, some travelers were so fascinated by the strange beauty that they regarded them as descendants of the ceramic art of Homer’s time. In France, the craze for these ceramics coincided with the reappraisal of traditional faience artifacts after the defeat of 1870, a trend encouraged by the Arts & Crafts movement and Japonism. No one resisted their allure, including Mallarmé and Proust. In Greece and Turkey, this Ottoman handicraft, admired by Hans Christian Andersen and Gustave Flaubert, symbolized a peaceful world before the tragic events of 1922. A place of memory and a catalyst for passion, this humble production continues to bring together or divide people on the two opposite shores of the Aegean Sea as it undergoes the ideologization of nostalgia. Cultural archaeology is the subject of this comparative study that embraces many disciplines to help us understand the reasons that have shaped this heritage’s appropriation, reception, and triumphant recognition.
Sophie Basch
