TY - BOOK AU - Neiswander, Judy. AU - Swash, Caroline. TI - The Intelligent Layman's stained & art glass: a unique history of glass design and making SN - 094779865X AV - NK5306 .N45 2005 U1 - 748.509 22 PY - 2005/// CY - London PB - Intelligent Layman KW - Glass painting and staining KW - History KW - Glass art N1 - Includes indexes; 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 N2 - 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 ER -