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Glass : sand, ash, heat /

"This elegant volume highlights human connection through glass, a material that embodies a rich historical exchange between technology and the arts. The New Orleans Museum of Art holds one of the nation's finest and most extraordinary collections of glass, with nearly 5,000 works ranging f...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Buchanan, Mel (Editor), Edwards, Dow Michael (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scala Arts Publishers, Inc., 2024.
Subjects:
New Orleans Museum of Art > Exhibitions.
Glass art > History > Exhibitions.
Glass > History > Exhibitions.
Glass art > Private collections > Exhibitions.
Decorative arts > History > Exhibitions.
Glass.
Glass art.
Verre.
Art du verre.
Art du verre > Histoire > Expositions.
Verre > Histoire > Expositions.
Art du verre > Collections privées > Expositions.
Arts décoratifs > Histoire > Expositions.
glass (material)
exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works.
Exhibition catalogs.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Table of Contents:
  • Director's foreword / Susan M. Taylor
  • Introduction / Mel Buchanan
  • Building a collection: glass at NOMA / Mel Buchanan, Laura Ochoa Rincon
  • Sand, ash, heat: a history of glass / Mel Buchanan
  • Interview with artist Gene Koss / Mel Buchanan
  • Glass's vital role in a scientific laboratory / Alex Sanchez
  • Connections mini and mighty: West African beadwork in New Orleans and beyond / Dow M. Edwards, Amanda M. Maples
  • Venetian glass: 800 years of exchange / Christopher Maxwell
  • A pastoral longing - one century apart / Laura Ochoa Rincon
  • In plain sight: E. J. Bellocq and photography on glass / Brian Piper
  • Looking for Nellie and Lulu in glass / Zella Palmer
  • Glass symbols of temperance and prohibition / Laura Ochoa Rincon
  • The art and science of glass conservation / Ingrid Seyb.