Five Thousand Years of Glass

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Hugh Tait
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004 - Art - 256 pages

The fragile beauty of glass has ensured its popularity through the ages in forms ranging from simple beakers to ornate decorative masterpieces. This book traces the history of glass from its origins in western Asia some 5,000 years ago, though the invention of glass blowing around the first century B.C., to the introduction of mechanized processes and new styles in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It highlights the flourishing industries of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, the elegant vessels of the Islamic Near East, the superb mastery of Renaissance Venice, and the wide-ranging experiments of modern Europe and America.

A unique feature of the book is the series of photographic sequences especially taken in the studio of a modern glassmaker as he reconstructs ancient techniques; these are accompanied by a glossary of glassmaking terms.

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Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS page
7
CHAPTER ONE page
21
CHAPTER TWO page
62
Copyright

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18th Dynasty 1st century beakers blobs blow-pipe blowing blown glass blue glass body Bohemian bottles bowl British Museum bubble Byzantine cage cups canes centre century BC claw beakers clear glass Cologne coloured glass colourless glass core-formed Corning Museum cristallo cups decoration designs Dynasty early Egypt Egyptian Empire enamelled England engraved example façon de Venise Figs flask fourth century fragments furnace fused gilded glass industry glass vessels glassblower glasshouses glassmakers goblet gold leaf gold-painted Greek handles inlays inscription Islamic Italy lamp Malkata manufacture marver Mesopotamia millefiori monochrome mosaic glass mould mould-blown mould-pressed Murano Museum of Glass neck painted patterns perhaps period Persia pieces pincers polychrome pontil Portland Vase probably produced prunts reheating relief Renaissance Rhineland ribs shape soft glass spiral stem surface Syria technique threads trails translucent turquoise vase Venetian glass Venice vetro a fili western wheel-engraved workshops

About the author (2004)

Hugh Tait, former Deputy Keeper of the Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities in the British Museum, is an honorary fellow of the Corning Museum of Glass and a former president of the International Association for the History of Glass. His numerous publications include The Golden Age of Venetian Glass (1979) and, as editor, Seven Thousand Years of Jewelry (1986).

Bibliographic information

TitleFive Thousand Years of Glass
EditorHugh Tait
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 2004
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedDec 3, 2009
ISBN0812218884, 9780812218886
Length256 pages
Subjects › 

Art / Ceramics
Art / Glass
Crafts & Hobbies / Glass & Glassware
  
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