Stained and Art Glass /anglais (The Intelligent Layman's Series) - Tapa dura

The artistic revolutions in glasswork over the last 150 years—from the Arts & Crafts Movement to Art Nouveau and Art Deco—are illuminated and analyzed in this compendium of art glass. Historically innovative methods of working in the glass medium are noted, as are the artists who created them. Among the artists given particularly detailed treatment are John La Farge, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Henri Matisse, and Marc Chagall. A gallery of contemporary glass artists working throughout the world is included, complementing this history of glasswork with a look toward its future.