Art Horizons : Visual Art in Glass [decorative and Functional Glass History, art Forms, Critical Review of Contemporay forms]
by Dominick Labino / Research Johns Manville Fiber Glass Incorporated / Willard F. Wankelman / Bowling Green State University
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Clean Cond./No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
Interior Clean and Unmarked: Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers 1968 / Reprint, later Printing 142 pages. Paper / Soft cover reprint edition in very good condition, slight wear to edges. Glossy card covers with cloth spine. Archival reprint / replica of original edition. Privately published. Overall good copy of this scarce title. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Undated modern reprint. Indexed. Art glass is an item that is made, usually for decoration, but also for purpose, from glass that has been worked into a form that is considered as artistic. Such techniques include stained glass windows, leadedlights, glass that has been placed into a kiln so that it will mold into a shape, glass blowing, sandblasted glass and copperfoil work. Art glass has grown in popularity over recent years with many artists becoming famous because of their work, and also as a result of colleges that offer courses in glass work. Many amateurs now undertake making art glass as a hobby. Glass / Blown Glass Art / Craft / craftman Arts / Culture. Soft Cover / Pictorial Binding. Good Clean Cond./No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Fully Illustrated. Craft / craftman Arts / Culture. Glass / Blown Glass Art.
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- Bookseller
- Great Pacific Book Co.
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- 5029317-9822
- Title
- Art Horizons : Visual Art in Glass [decorative and Functional Glass History, art Forms, Critical Review of Contemporay forms]
- Author
- Dominick Labino / Research Johns Manville Fiber Glass Incorporated / Willard F. Wankelman / Bowling Green State University
- Illustrator
- Fully Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Clean Cond.
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers 1968 / Reprint, later Printing
- Place of Publication
- Interior Clean and Unmarked
- Size
- Craft / craftman Arts / Culture
- Keywords
- Art glass is an item that is made, usually for decoration, but also for purpose, from glass that has been worked into a form that is considered as artistic. Such techniques include stained glass windows, leadedlights, glass that has been placed into a Kil
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About the Seller
Great Pacific Book Co.
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About Great Pacific Book Co.
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