Essays by: Stefano Carboni, Martha Drexler Lynn, Sidney Goldstein, Sandra Knudsen, Jutta Page

Publisher/Date: Toledo Museum of Art in association with D Giles Limited, London, 2006, stated first edition. Published at $60.00

ISBN: 1904832237

Format/Condition: New hardcover book is in fine condition. 248 pages, index, notes, glossary. Profusely illustrated in color.

Description: From the dust jacket
This major new survey introduces the remarkable art of glass from the ancient world to the present day, as revealed by one of the great international collections of glass.

Published on the occasion of the opening of the new Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of art, this book illustrates highlights of the superb collection. The Museum has consciously collected outstanding examples of glassmaker’s art across all the ages. Today the Toledo Museum is renowned for the quality and scope of its collection of the art of glass.

The Museum has long pioneered glass collecting. Thanks to its founder, glass industrialist Edward D. Libbey, it has collected art in glass for more than a century. The Museum was also the birthplace of the studio glass movement of the 1960s.

This book is richly illustrated with color plates of 100 key masterpieces from the Museum’s famous collection of ancient, Islamic, European, American, and contemporary glass, accompanied by texts of leading writers. There are also many comparative color images, including works of art from the Museum’s collections in other mediums, artists’ sketches, and magnificent details. The combination of the thought-provoking texts and the wealth of illustrations make this book a must for anyone interested in glass, art, history, or the interconnections of culture, technology, and fine art.