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  • Looking at Glass: A Guide to Terms, Styles and Techniques

    Looking at Glass: A Guide to Terms, Styles and Techniques

    By Catherine Hess and Karol Wight, 2005
    Format: 92pp, 155mm x 230mm
    Illustrations: 77 colour, 6 black and white, Paperback
    ISBN: 1 85177 460 2
    Price and availability: £12.99 Worldwide excluding US and Canada

    This compact handbook offers definitions and descriptions of a wide range of glass terminology such as prunt, glory hole, overblow and mould blowing. In clear and concise language the authors define many of the phrases encountered in exhibitions and books and articles relating to glass and glass making. The informative entries and numerous illustrations will afford readers a greater understanding of glass techniques and heightened enjoyment of the artworks. With illustrations drawn from the collections of the V&A, the J.Paul Getty Museum and the Corning Museum of Glass, this book is an essential guide for anyone interested in glass and its production.

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  • Contemporary International Glass

    Contemporary International Glass

    By Jennifer Hawkins Opie, 2004
    Format: 144pp, 216mm x 270mm
    Illustrations: 75 colour, Hardback
    ISBN: 1 85177 426 2
    Price and availability: £30.00 Worldwide

    Published to accompany the opening of the V&A Glass galleries in 2004, this stylish book, based on the V&A's unrivalled collection, brings together the finest contemporary glass artists in the world. It highlights the huge range and diversity of work, both abstract and figurative, being produced by highly collectable international artists. The text is based on interviews with the artists and offers revealing insights into the very latest ideas and techniques in glass making.

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  • Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass in the Victoria and Albert Museum

    Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass in the Victoria and Albert Museum book cover

    By Paul Williamson, 2003
    Format: 160pp, 247mm x 300mm
    Illustrations: 123 colour, Hardback
    ISBN: 1 85177 403 3
    Price and availability: £30.00 Worldwide

    The V&A's stained glass collection is the largest in the world, making it possible to chart the development of the art in detail from the middle of the 12th century to about 1550. Published to coincide with the Gothic Art exhibition of 2003, this book shows the collection to full advantage, with commentaries on each of the pieces providing the original context of the glass panels, and explaining the imagery.

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