280 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2012
Contents:
Introduction / Hugh Tait -- Faking -- 1: Before the invention of glassblowing / Veronica Tatton-Brown and Carol Andrews -- The first glassmakers 2500-1200 BC -- Egypt c. 1450-1100 BC -- Western Asia and the Mediterranean c. 900-300 BC -- Hellenistic and non-blown Roman glass c. 325 BC -- AD 400 -- 2: The Roman empire / Veronica Tatton-Brown -- Early blown glass 1st century AD -- The Roman achievement AD 100-400 -- 3: Early medieval Europe AD 400-1066 / Veronica Tatton-Brown -- 4: The Islamic lands and China / Ralph Finder-Wilson -- Early Islamic glass 8th-11th centuries -- Islamic glass 12th-15th centuries -- Later Islamic glass 16th-19th centuries -- Chinese glass -- 5: Europe from the Middle Ages to the industrial revolution / Hugh Tait -- Byzantium and medieval Europe 10th-15th centuries -- Venice and renaissance Europe 15th-17th centuries -- North of the alps 17th-18th centuries -- 6: Europe and America 1800-1940 / Paul Hollister -- Cut and engraved glass -- Pressed glass -- Some special techniques and achievements -- The influence of France -- 7: The decline of the craftsman, the rise of the artist, 1940-2010 / John P. Smith -- America -- Czechoslovakia and Eastern Europe -- Great Britain and Ireland -- Germany -- Northern Europe -- France and Belgium -- Japan, China and Australia -- Italy -- Paperweights -- Machine-made factory glass -- Bottle and window glass -- Techniques of glassmaking and decoration / William Gudenrath
Summary:
This is 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.
