The Glass Reader

The Glass Reader is a comprehensive anthology of writing on glass. The Reader brings together foundational writings by key scholars such as David Pye, Glenn Adamson and Richard Sennett and newly-commissioned essays to address glass as a material and practice in art, craft, design and architecture, as well as central critical issues such as technology, gender and sustainability. This carefully-curated selection of texts, from academic sources and journalism as newly commissioned material, is grouped into thematic sections, each with a contextualising introduction by the editors. There is also a comprehensive bibliography to facilitate further reading and research. This book is ideal for arts students, but will also appeal to anyone wishing to gain a broad overview and understanding of the world of glass.

About the author

Kevin Petrie is a well-known glass and ceramic artist. He is a frequent contributor to various glass and ceramic journals and is currently a research lecturer at the University of Sunderland which has one of the best glass courses in the UK.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Petrie, Jeffrey Sarmiento
• Assisted by: Kevin Petrie (Editor), Petrie Kevin (Editor), Jeffrey Sarmiento (Editor), Sarmiento Jeffrey (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781350067769
• ISBN: 978-1-350-06776-9
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Kunstgeschichte, Töpferwaren, Keramik und Glashandwerk, DESIGN / General, Ceramic arts, pottery, glass, Pottery, ceramics & glass crafts, Art & Art Instruction, DESIGN / History & Criticism, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Glass & Glassware, ART / Glass, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Pottery, ceramics and glass crafts, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks