Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass

Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass
Author: David Whitehouse
Publisher: Hudson Hills
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2003
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780872901551

The Corning Museum of Glass possesses the most celebrated collection of glass in the world, including the extensive world-renowned collection of Roman Glass.

New Glass

New Glass
Author: Corning Museum of Glass
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1979
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

A sampling of glass work by 196 artists from 28 countries.

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass. Volume 2

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass. Volume 2
Author: David Whitehouse
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre:
ISBN: 9780872901995

This is the second volume (of hte projected series of three of) in the catalogue of the Islamic glass collection in The Corning Museum of Glass. It is the largest and richest collection of early Islamic Glass in the United States. This volume describes and illustrates 482 objects and fragments made in the Islamic world pbetween the eighth and 14th centuries. Each catalog entry consists of a detailed decription, usually accompanied by a comment on the history and significance of the object and by a listing of similar pieces in other collections. Every object and fragment is illustrated with a color photograph and a line drawing that shows the profile. The book also provides concordances and an extensive bibliography.

New Glass Now

New Glass Now
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019
Genre:
ISBN: 9780872902183

New Glass Now celebrates 40 years of New Glass Review, an annual exhibition-in-print featuring 100 of the most timely, innovative projects in glass. It is curated from an open call for submissions by the curator of modern and contemporary glass at The Corning Museum of Glass and a changing panel of guest curators. This year's curators were: Aric Chen, Susanne Jøker Johnsen, Beth Lipman, and Susie J. Silbert.

Masterpieces of Glass

Masterpieces of Glass
Author: Robert Jesse Charleston
Publisher: ABRAMS
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1990
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

"This book is an attempt to present the history of glass through the collections of The Corning Museum of Glass. Opened in 1951, the museum has acquired through gift and purchase nearly twenty thousand glasses from all periods, and displays one of the most comprehensive collections of glass in the world"--Introduction, p. 9.

Masterpieces of American Glass

Masterpieces of American Glass
Author: Jane Shadel Spillman
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1990
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780517573242

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.

Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass

Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass
Author: David Whitehouse
Publisher: Hudson Hills
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2005
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780872901582

No Sasanian glass collection of comparable size and variety has yet been published, and thus the objects at Corning provide a starting point for anyone who wishes to study the glass made in the Sasanian Empire.