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Little Dreams in Glass and Metal
Jazzar, Bernard N.; Nelson, Harold B.
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Description for Little Dreams in Glass and Metal
Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 825.
Enameling - the art of fusing glass to metal through a high-temperature firing process - gained widespread popularity in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century. With origins in long-standing cultural traditions, enameling rose to prominence as a highly respected form of artistic activity and evolved from its traditional decorative foundations into a field of independent artistic interest. Today, artists continue to explore enameling in a variety of forms and formats, finding new meaning and expressive potential in the vibrant color and layered depth of this time-honored medium.
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Enameling - the art of fusing glass to metal through a high-temperature firing process - gained widespread popularity in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century. With origins in long-standing cultural traditions, enameling rose to prominence as a highly respected form of artistic activity and evolved from its traditional decorative foundations into a field of independent artistic interest. Today, artists continue to explore enameling in a variety of forms and formats, finding new meaning and expressive potential in the vibrant color and layered depth of this time-honored medium.
Written by two of the leading experts ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469626369
SKU
V9781469626369
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Ref
99-41
About Jazzar, Bernard N.; Nelson, Harold B.
Bernard N. Jazzar is curator of the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Collection in Los Angeles, USA. Harold B. Nelson is curator of American Decorative Arts at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, USA. They are also the authors of Painting with Fire: Masters of Enameling in America, 1930–1980.
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