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內容簡介:
Aneweditionofthisdefinitiveworldhistoryofglassmakinganddecorativetechniquesfrom2500BC,updatedtocoverthefirstdecadeofthe21stcentury.ThisclassicbooktracesthehistoryofglassmakingfromitsoriginsinWesternAsiasome5000yearsago,throughtheinventionofglassblowingaroundthefirstcenturyBC,totheintroductionofmechanisedprocessesandnewstylesinthe19thand20thcenturies.IthighlightstheflourishingindustriesofancientMesopotamiaandEgypt,theextraordinaryachievementsoftheRomanEmpire,theelegantvesselsoftheIslamicNearEast,thesuperbmasteryofRenaissanceVeniceandthewide‐
angingexperimentsofmodernEuropeandAmerica.WithanewfinalchapterbyJohnP.Smith,EditorofTheGlassCirclejournal,tobringthebookrightuptodatewiththelatestdevelopments,5000YearsofGlassisstillthedefinitivesingle‐volumegeneralhistoryofthismostversatileartform.
關於作者:
Hugh Tait - former Deputy Keeper of the
Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities at the British Museum,
Honorary Fellow of the Corning Museum of Glass, former President of
the International Association for the History of Glass.
Veronica Tatton-Brown - former Assistant Keeper in the Department
of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum.