Author: David Whitehouse
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780872901995
Category : Islamic glassware
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the second volume (of hte projected series of three of) in the catalogue of the Islamic glass collection in The Corning Museum of Glass. It is the largest and richest collection of early Islamic Glass in the United States. This volume describes and illustrates 482 objects and fragments made in the Islamic world pbetween the eighth and 14th centuries. Each catalog entry consists of a detailed decription, usually accompanied by a comment on the history and significance of the object and by a listing of similar pieces in other collections. Every object and fragment is illustrated with a color photograph and a line drawing that shows the profile. The book also provides concordances and an extensive bibliography.
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass
Author: David Whitehouse
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780872901995
Category : Islamic glassware
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the second volume (of hte projected series of three of) in the catalogue of the Islamic glass collection in The Corning Museum of Glass. It is the largest and richest collection of early Islamic Glass in the United States. This volume describes and illustrates 482 objects and fragments made in the Islamic world pbetween the eighth and 14th centuries. Each catalog entry consists of a detailed decription, usually accompanied by a comment on the history and significance of the object and by a listing of similar pieces in other collections. Every object and fragment is illustrated with a color photograph and a line drawing that shows the profile. The book also provides concordances and an extensive bibliography.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780872901995
Category : Islamic glassware
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the second volume (of hte projected series of three of) in the catalogue of the Islamic glass collection in The Corning Museum of Glass. It is the largest and richest collection of early Islamic Glass in the United States. This volume describes and illustrates 482 objects and fragments made in the Islamic world pbetween the eighth and 14th centuries. Each catalog entry consists of a detailed decription, usually accompanied by a comment on the history and significance of the object and by a listing of similar pieces in other collections. Every object and fragment is illustrated with a color photograph and a line drawing that shows the profile. The book also provides concordances and an extensive bibliography.
Ancient and Islamic Glass
Author: Katherine A. Larson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780872902213
Category : Glassware, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780872902213
Category : Glassware, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass
Author: David Whitehouse
Publisher: Hudson Hills Press
ISBN: 9781555953553
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
formerly in the collection of Ray Winfield Smith, whose great interest in the early history of glass prompted him to acquire an extensive assortment of potentially informative fragments as well as display pieces. Many of these are published here for the first time. The Museum's holdings were also enriched by the acquisition of objects that were formerly in the collections of Maurice Nahman of Cairo, Egypt, and Jerome Strauss." "Each catalog entry consists of a detailed description, usually accompanied by a comment on the history and significance of the object and by a listing of similar pieces in other collections. Every object and fragment is illustrated with a color photograph and a line drawing that shows the profile. The book also provides concordances and an extensive bibliography." --Book Jacket.
Publisher: Hudson Hills Press
ISBN: 9781555953553
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
formerly in the collection of Ray Winfield Smith, whose great interest in the early history of glass prompted him to acquire an extensive assortment of potentially informative fragments as well as display pieces. Many of these are published here for the first time. The Museum's holdings were also enriched by the acquisition of objects that were formerly in the collections of Maurice Nahman of Cairo, Egypt, and Jerome Strauss." "Each catalog entry consists of a detailed description, usually accompanied by a comment on the history and significance of the object and by a listing of similar pieces in other collections. Every object and fragment is illustrated with a color photograph and a line drawing that shows the profile. The book also provides concordances and an extensive bibliography." --Book Jacket.
Glass of the Sultans
Author: Stefano Carboni
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870999869
Category : Glassware
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
This catalogue accompanies an exhibition that brings together more than 150 glass objects representing twelve centuries of Islamic glassmaking. Included are the principal types of pre-industrial glass from Egypt, the Middle East, and India in a comprehensive array of shapes, colors, and techniques such as glassblowing, the use of molds, the manipulation of molten glass with tools, and the application of molten glass to complete or decorate an object. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870999869
Category : Glassware
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
This catalogue accompanies an exhibition that brings together more than 150 glass objects representing twelve centuries of Islamic glassmaking. Included are the principal types of pre-industrial glass from Egypt, the Middle East, and India in a comprehensive array of shapes, colors, and techniques such as glassblowing, the use of molds, the manipulation of molten glass with tools, and the application of molten glass to complete or decorate an object. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass
Author: David Whitehouse
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9780872901582
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
No Sasanian glass collection of comparable size and variety has yet been published, and thus the objects at Corning provide a starting point for anyone who wishes to study the glass made in the Sasanian Empire.
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9780872901582
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
No Sasanian glass collection of comparable size and variety has yet been published, and thus the objects at Corning provide a starting point for anyone who wishes to study the glass made in the Sasanian Empire.
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass: Objects with scratch-engraved and wheel-cut ornament
Author: David Whitehouse
Publisher: Hudson Hills Press
ISBN: 9780872901759
Category : Islamic glassware
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
formerly in the collection of Ray Winfield Smith, whose great interest in the early history of glass prompted him to acquire an extensive assortment of potentially informative fragments as well as display pieces. Many of these are published here for the first time. The Museum's holdings were also enriched by the acquisition of objects that were formerly in the collections of Maurice Nahman of Cairo, Egypt, and Jerome Strauss." "Each catalog entry consists of a detailed description, usually accompanied by a comment on the history and significance of the object and by a listing of similar pieces in other collections. Every object and fragment is illustrated with a color photograph and a line drawing that shows the profile. The book also provides concordances and an extensive bibliography." --Book Jacket.
Publisher: Hudson Hills Press
ISBN: 9780872901759
Category : Islamic glassware
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
formerly in the collection of Ray Winfield Smith, whose great interest in the early history of glass prompted him to acquire an extensive assortment of potentially informative fragments as well as display pieces. Many of these are published here for the first time. The Museum's holdings were also enriched by the acquisition of objects that were formerly in the collections of Maurice Nahman of Cairo, Egypt, and Jerome Strauss." "Each catalog entry consists of a detailed description, usually accompanied by a comment on the history and significance of the object and by a listing of similar pieces in other collections. Every object and fragment is illustrated with a color photograph and a line drawing that shows the profile. The book also provides concordances and an extensive bibliography." --Book Jacket.
Nishapur
Author: Jens Kröger
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870997297
Category : Glass, Islamic
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
In 1935-40 and again in 1947, the Iranian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum excavated the city of Nishapur, a flourishing center in medieval times located in eastern Iran. This is the fourth volume in a series dedicated to publishing the finds. It presents a survey of glass of the early Islamic period throughout the Near East, discusses the significance of the Nishapur glass findings, and provides a catalogue of the finds with a focus on glass-decorating techniques. Map and site plans, a glossary, a concordance, and an extensive bibliography are included. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870997297
Category : Glass, Islamic
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
In 1935-40 and again in 1947, the Iranian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum excavated the city of Nishapur, a flourishing center in medieval times located in eastern Iran. This is the fourth volume in a series dedicated to publishing the finds. It presents a survey of glass of the early Islamic period throughout the Near East, discusses the significance of the Nishapur glass findings, and provides a catalogue of the finds with a focus on glass-decorating techniques. Map and site plans, a glossary, a concordance, and an extensive bibliography are included. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass
Author: David Whitehouse
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9780872901551
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The Corning Museum of Glass possesses the most celebrated collection of glass in the world, including the extensive world-renowned collection of Roman Glass.
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9780872901551
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The Corning Museum of Glass possesses the most celebrated collection of glass in the world, including the extensive world-renowned collection of Roman Glass.
Journal of Glass Studies
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass manufacture
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass manufacture
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass
Author: David Whitehouse
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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ISBN:
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Languages : en
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