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Summary: Want to know what glass should be? I mean really should be..
Review: This book is exactly want the title implies. This is a concise encyclopedia of glass. Well laid out in 10 sections with an intriguing forward and an informative introduction. There is a select bibliography a section on care and conservation among other interesting finds. Color plates abound with concise descriptions.
If you only obtain one book on the diversity of glass, this should be the one.
Contents:
Pre-Roman glass
Roman Glass
Islamic Glass
Medieval Glass
The renaissance Period
The Eighteenth Century
Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau
Twentieth-Century Developments
Fakes and Forgeries
Rating:
Summary: Want to know what glass should be? I mean really should be..
Review: This book is exactly want the tittle implies. This is a concise encyclopedia of glass. Well laid out in 10 sections with an intriguing forward and an informative introduction. There is a select bibliography a section on care and conservation among other interesting finds. Color plates abound with concise descriptions.If you only obtain one book on the diversity of glass, this should be the one. Contents: Pre-Roman glass Roman Glass Islamic Glass Medieval Glass The renaissance Period The Eighteenth Century Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau Twentieth-Century Developments Fakes and Forgeries
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