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5000 Years of Glass Book

Paperback. Pub Date :2012-11-26 Pages: 280 Language: English Publisher: British Museum Press 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...Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    First published in 1991, this 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. A special feature of the book is the series of photographic sequences specially taken in the studio of a modern glassmaker as he reconstructs ancient techniques. With an all 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.

  • Foyles

    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.

  • ASDA

    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. This title highlights the flourishing industries of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.

  • Waterstones

    Presents the world history of glassmaking and decorative techniques from 2500 BC. This title 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

  • 0714150959
  • 9780714150956
  • Hugh Tait, Veronica Tatton-Brown
  • 26 November 2012
  • British Museum Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 280
  • 2nd Revised edition
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