Molten Color – Glassmaking in Antiquity
Regular price
€19.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=. Wight
A01=Karol B. Wight
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_. Wight
Author_Karol B. Wight
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=AFP
COP=United States
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_art-fashion-photography
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
Format=BC
Format_Paperback
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
softlaunch
Product details
- ISBN 9781606060537
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 464g
- Dimensions: 167 x 215mm
- Publication Date: 03 May 2011
- Publisher: Getty Trust Publications
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
This title provides a stunningly illustrated and fascinating exploration of glassmaking in the ancient world. Some of the most astounding antiquities in museums today are pieces made of glass. Not only are they beautiful, with glorious colours and stunning shapes, but the reality that these fragile pieces have survived through the centuries is truly amazing. This superbly illustrated volume describes the uses glass and glassmaking in the ancient world. The first half examines the earliest techniques for making glass, including casting, coreforming and mosaic, all of which were used for centuries before the development of glass blowing in the middle of the first century BC. The second half of the book looks at the innovations that occurred in glassmaking during the Roman Imperial period.
Karol B. Wright is senior curator of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
