Author: Hugh Tait
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714150956
Category : Glass
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A new edition of this definitive world history of glassmaking and decorative techniques from 2500 BC, updated to cover the first decade of the 21st century. This classic book traces the history of glassmaking from its origins in Western Asia some 5000 years ago, through the invention of glassblowing around the first century BC, to the introduction of mechanised processes and new styles in the 19th and 20th centuries. It highlights the flourishing industries of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, the extraordinary achievements of the Roman Empire, the elegant vessels of the Islamic Near East, the superb mastery of Renaissance Venice and the wide‐ranging experiments of modern Europe and America. With a new final chapter by John P. Smith, Editor of The Glass Circle journal, to bring the book right up to date with the latest developments, 5000 Years of Glass is still the definitive single‐volume general history of this most versatile art form.
5000 Years of Glass
Author: Hugh Tait
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714150956
Category : Glass
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A new edition of this definitive world history of glassmaking and decorative techniques from 2500 BC, updated to cover the first decade of the 21st century. This classic book traces the history of glassmaking from its origins in Western Asia some 5000 years ago, through the invention of glassblowing around the first century BC, to the introduction of mechanised processes and new styles in the 19th and 20th centuries. It highlights the flourishing industries of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, the extraordinary achievements of the Roman Empire, the elegant vessels of the Islamic Near East, the superb mastery of Renaissance Venice and the wide‐ranging experiments of modern Europe and America. With a new final chapter by John P. Smith, Editor of The Glass Circle journal, to bring the book right up to date with the latest developments, 5000 Years of Glass is still the definitive single‐volume general history of this most versatile art form.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714150956
Category : Glass
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A new edition of this definitive world history of glassmaking and decorative techniques from 2500 BC, updated to cover the first decade of the 21st century. This classic book traces the history of glassmaking from its origins in Western Asia some 5000 years ago, through the invention of glassblowing around the first century BC, to the introduction of mechanised processes and new styles in the 19th and 20th centuries. It highlights the flourishing industries of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, the extraordinary achievements of the Roman Empire, the elegant vessels of the Islamic Near East, the superb mastery of Renaissance Venice and the wide‐ranging experiments of modern Europe and America. With a new final chapter by John P. Smith, Editor of The Glass Circle journal, to bring the book right up to date with the latest developments, 5000 Years of Glass is still the definitive single‐volume general history of this most versatile art form.
Five Thousand Years of Glass
Author: Hugh Tait
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A complete history of glass from its origins 5000 years ago to mechanized processes for its production in the twentieth century.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A complete history of glass from its origins 5000 years ago to mechanized processes for its production in the twentieth century.
Five Thousand)5000 Years of Glass-making
Author: Jaroslav Raimund Vavra
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Five Thousand)5000 Years of Glass-making
Author: Jaroslav Raimund Vavra
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
5,000 Years of Glass-making
Author: J.R. Vavra
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
5000 Years of Glass-making
Author: Jaroslav Raimund Vav́ra
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Glass
Author: David Whitehouse
Publisher:
ISBN: 1588343243
Category : ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
"A concise history of glassmaking around the world, from Mesopotamia to the present day"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 1588343243
Category : ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
"A concise history of glassmaking around the world, from Mesopotamia to the present day"--
The First Thousand Years of Glass-Making in the Ancient Near East
Author: Wendy Reade
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789697042
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This volume explores glass composition and production from the mid-second to mid-first millennia BC, the first thousand years of glass-making. Multi-element analyses of 132 glasses from Pella in Jordan, and Nuzi and Nimrud in Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia) produce new and important data that provide insights into the earliest glass production.
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789697042
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This volume explores glass composition and production from the mid-second to mid-first millennia BC, the first thousand years of glass-making. Multi-element analyses of 132 glasses from Pella in Jordan, and Nuzi and Nimrud in Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia) produce new and important data that provide insights into the earliest glass production.
Glass, 5,000 Years
Author: Hugh Tait
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Traces the history of glassmaking from its origins in western Asia to the present.
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Traces the history of glassmaking from its origins in western Asia to the present.
5000 Years of Glass, Etc. (New, Revised Edition.).
Author: Frances Rogers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass manufacture
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass manufacture
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description