Download or read book A Century of Glass Toys written by Mary Louise Stanley and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Century of Glass Toys written by Mary L. Stanley and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Century of Indiana Glass written by Craig Schenning and published by Schiffer Book for Collectors. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The text provides a history of the Indian Glass company, shape and pattern definitions, identification and color guides. Prices are found in the captions and in tables within the text."--Cover.

Download or read book The Wonder of American Toys 1920 1950 written by Charles Dee Sharp and published by Collectors Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wonder of American Toys reflects not only the toys of perhaps the most formative era of American history, but what they meant to the children who played with them and to the society that produced them.

Download or read book Glass written by Alan Macfarlane and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picture, if you can, a world without glass. There would be no microscopes or telescopes, no sciences of microbiology or astronomy. People with poor vision would grope in the shadows, and planes, cars, and even electricity probably wouldn't exist. Artists would draw without the benefit of three-dimensional perspective, and ships would still be steered by what stars navigators could see through the naked eye. In Glass: A World History, Alan Macfarlane and Gerry Martin tell the fascinating story of how glass has revolutionized the way we see ourselves and the world around us. Starting ten thousand years ago with its invention in the Near East, Macfarlane and Martin trace the history of glass and its uses from the ancient civilizations of India, China, and Rome through western Europe during the Renaissance, Enlightenment, and Industrial Revolution, and finally up to the present day. The authors argue that glass played a key role not just in transforming humanity's relationship with the natural world, but also in the divergent courses of Eastern and Western civilizations. While all the societies that used glass first focused on its beauty in jewelry and other ornaments, and some later made it into bottles and other containers, only western Europeans further developed the use of glass for precise optics, mirrors, and windows. These technological innovations in glass, in turn, provided the foundations for European domination of the world in the several centuries following the Scientific Revolution. Clear, compelling, and quite provocative, Glass is an amazing biography of an equally amazing subject, a subject that has been central to every aspect of human history, from art and science to technology and medicine.

Download or read book Italian Glass written by Leslie Piña and published by Schiffer Book for Collectors w. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Vases -- 2. Decanters, covered jars -- 3. Plates, bowls, ashtrays -- 4. Drinkware, tableware -- 5. Figural, novelty, lighting.

Download or read book Collecting Old Glass English and Irish written by J. H. Sir Yoxall and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collecting Old Glass, English and Irish is a book by J. H. Sir Yoxall. It deals with glass articles and classifies the study and practice of glass-collecting in extensive and thorough manner.

Download or read book Glass written by Victoria and Albert Museum and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Collecting Old Glass English and Irish written by James Yoxall and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

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Download or read book Toy Glass written by Doris Anderson Lechler and published by Antique Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ten Centuries of Art written by Henry Noel Humphreys and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Miller s 20th century Glass written by Andy McConnell and published by Mitchell Beazley. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides historical information on a variety of drinking glasses, plates, pitchers, vases, and related items, and includes a listing of twentieth-century glass manufacturers, identification guides, and prices.

Download or read book Toys and American Culture written by Sharon M. Scott and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-12-09 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing developments in toy making and marketing across the evolving landscape of the 20th century, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference guide to America's most popular playthings and the culture to which they belong. From the origins of favorite playthings to their associations with events and activities, the study of a nation's toys reveals the hopes, goals, values, and priorities of its people. Toys have influenced the science, art, and religion of the United States, and have contributed to the development of business, politics, and medicine. Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia documents America's shifting cultural values as they are embedded within and transmitted by the nation's favorite playthings. Alphabetically arranged entries trace developments in toy making and toy marketing across the evolving landscape of 20th-century America. In addition to discussing the history of America's most influential toys, the book contains specific entries on the individuals, organizations, companies, and publications that gave shape to America's culture of play from 1900 to 2000. Toys from the two decades that frame the 20th century are also included, as bridges to the fascinating past—and the inspiring future—of American toys.

Download or read book Ten centuries of art Its progress in Europe from the 9th to the 19th century With a glance at the artistic works of classical antiquity and concluding considerations on the probable influence of the Great Exhibition etc written by Henry Noel Humphreys and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Houses of Glass written by Georg Kohlmaier and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The glasshouses of the nineteenth century represent a remarkable confluence of opposites in architecture and technology. The architecture was designed to create an artificial climate in which people could return to paradise, and yet the technical means employed were also basic to the century's developing industrial grime -the other side of paradise. Enriched by more than 700 illustrations, Houses of Glass chronicles these pristine structures as they evolved from hothouses into exhibition halls, ballrooms, and theaters. Georg Kohlmaier is an architect and Barna von Sartory a sculptor. They have collaborated on many books and articles on contemporary architecture.