Author: George Skinner McKearinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
American Glass
Author: George Skinner McKearinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
The Development of the American Glass Industry
Author: Pearce DavisGlass
Author: David WhitehousePublisher:
ISBN: 1588343243
Category : ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
"A concise history of glassmaking around the world, from Mesopotamia to the present day"--
The Development of American Glassmaking
Author: Lura Woodside WatkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass manufacture
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Masterpieces of American Glass
Author: Jane Shadel SpillmanPublisher: Crown
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Spectacular full-color photographs and a fascinating text trace the history of glassmaking in America, from the functional bottles, bowls, flasks, goblets, and oil lamps of colonial times to stunning pieces of contemporary glass art. 140 full-color photographs.
The History of American Glass
Author: Glass Crafts of AmericaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
The Prehistory & History of Glassmaking Technology
Author: American Ceramic Society. MeetingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
American Glass
Author: Corning Museum of GlassPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glassware
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Glass
Author: Alan MacfarlanePublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226500287
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Picture, if you can, a world without glass. There would be no microscopes or telescopes, no sciences of microbiology or astronomy. People with poor vision would grope in the shadows, and planes, cars, and even electricity probably wouldn't exist. Artists would draw without the benefit of three-dimensional perspective, and ships would still be steered by what stars navigators could see through the naked eye. In Glass: A World History, Alan Macfarlane and Gerry Martin tell the fascinating story of how glass has revolutionized the way we see ourselves and the world around us. Starting ten thousand years ago with its invention in the Near East, Macfarlane and Martin trace the history of glass and its uses from the ancient civilizations of India, China, and Rome through western Europe during the Renaissance, Enlightenment, and Industrial Revolution, and finally up to the present day. The authors argue that glass played a key role not just in transforming humanity's relationship with the natural world, but also in the divergent courses of Eastern and Western civilizations. While all the societies that used glass first focused on its beauty in jewelry and other ornaments, and some later made it into bottles and other containers, only western Europeans further developed the use of glass for precise optics, mirrors, and windows. These technological innovations in glass, in turn, provided the foundations for European domination of the world in the several centuries following the Scientific Revolution. Clear, compelling, and quite provocative, Glass is an amazing biography of an equally amazing subject, a subject that has been central to every aspect of human history, from art and science to technology and medicine.
Early American Glass
Author: Rhea Mansfield KnittlePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass manufacture
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description