The Intelligent Layman's stained & art glass : a unique history of glass design and making / Judith Neiswander & Caroline Swash.

By:

Neiswander, Judy

Contributor(s):

Swash, Caroline

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Intelligent Layman, 2005.Description: ii, 565 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cmISBN:

094779865X
9780947798659

Other title:

Intelligent Layman's stained and art glass
Stained & art glass [Spine title]
Stained and art glass

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

748.509 22

LOC classification:

NK5306 .N45 2005

Contents:

The Arts & Crafts Movement in England and America -- Art Nouveau in Europe -- Art Nouveau Glass in America -- Glass between the wars -- Form and function -- Post-Impressionists in glass -- Glass design in Scandinavia and Italy -- Scandinavian Architectural glass -- Innovation in Germany -- Coventry and beyond -- Pioneers of studio glass: the great leap forward -- The 'Rock Star' of glass [Dale Chihuly] -- Architectural and studio glass in the UK -- North American Architectural glass -- The Czech Connection -- New Ideas in Australia -- Japanese glass today -- The way ahead.

Summary: The artistic revolutions in glasswork over the last 150 years—from the Arts & Crafts Movement to Art Nouveau and Art Deco—are illuminated and analyzed in this compendium of art glass. Historically innovative methods of working in the glass medium are noted, as are the artists who created them. Among the artists given particularly detailed treatment are John La Farge, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Henri Matisse, and Marc Chagall. A gallery of contemporary glass artists working throughout the world is included, complementing this history of glasswork with a look toward its future.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction	Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage	Non Fiction	748.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A00444227

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The artistic revolutions in glasswork over the last 150 years—from the Arts & Crafts Movement to Art Nouveau and Art Deco—are illuminated and analyzed in this compendium of art glass. Historically innovative methods of working in the glass medium are noted, as are the artists who created them. Among the artists given particularly detailed treatment are John La Farge, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Henri Matisse, and Marc Chagall. A gallery of contemporary glass artists working throughout the world is included, complementing this history of glasswork with a look toward its future.

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