Glass: A Contemporary Art

New York: Rizzoli, 1989. Hardcover. VG- (has library stamp inside, light foxing to block edges, all pages clear and intact - small tear in dust jacket at spine). Blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering on spine, white and color illustrated dust jacket with blue and black lettering, 224 pp, prolific color plates. "Glass: A Contemporary Art is the first book to provide a comprehensive worldwide survey of the history of glass since the early 1960s and considers the technical developments, influences, and changing attitudes that have contributed to the present flourishing state of art. Although the glass renaissance originated in North America, with individual craftsmen experimenting freely with new and original ways to express themselves in glass, one of the chief characteristics of the glass movement is that it is an international one. In this important book Dan Klein examines the contemporary glass scene worldwide, acknowledging the significant roles played by North America and Czechoslovakia and defining the contributions made by other major European countries. He looks at the rapid growth of glass education and the subsequent increase in interest in contempoarary glass among museums, galleries and collectors, and then assesses the work of hundreds of contemporary glass artists from around the world. He describies their working methods and techniques, sources of inspiration, and their approach to their art. The text is complemented by a superb selection of color photographs featuring exciting work by a wide and distinguished range of international glass artists." - dust jacket description.