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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 75
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
But Luca, notwithstanding all his application and industry, did not succeed in earning enough money by sculpture to enable him to live by the art, and the idea occurred to him that he might nevertheless be able to pursue his modelling in some material more facile and less dear than marble. Hence it was that he began to make his models in clay, and to endeavour by experiment so to coat and bake the clay as to render those models durable. After many trials he at length discovered a method of covering the clay with a material, which, when exposed to the intense heat of a furnace, became converted into an almost imperishable enamel. He afterwards made the further discovery of a method of imparting colour to the enamel, thus greatly adding to its beauty.
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定位：Excerpt 75 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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卢卡虽然勤奋钻研，但靠雕塑赚的钱不足以维生。他想到可以用比大理石更易处理、更便宜的材料继续做模型，于是开始用黏土做模，并尝试给黏土涂层、烧制，使模型耐久。经过多次试验，他终于发现一种材料，涂在黏土上经炉火高温烧成几乎不坏的釉。后来他又发现给釉上色的方法，大大增加了美观。这说明当主路走不通时，换一种更易上手、成本更低的材料做实验，可能打开新路。
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斯迈尔斯《自助》讲述意大利陶艺家卢卡·德拉·罗比亚发明釉陶的过程。
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