This is the first comprehensive record of Czech glass art. All 350 objects by 36 artists are reproduced in brilliant color illustrations and discussed in detail. Also includes informed contributions by international authors, biographies of artists and firms, and an index of signatures.
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This is the first comprehensive record of Czech glass art. All 350 objects by 36 artists are reproduced in brilliant color illustrations and discussed in detail. Also includes informed contributions by international authors, biographies of artists and firms, and an index of signatures.
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New. 3897902176. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--448 pages. Description: "Czech glass art began to develop on a high artistic level after 1945. Little is still known about the early works of artists like Ren, Roub! Cek, Stanislav Libensky and his wife Jaroslava Brychtov, or V clav Cigler, Pavel Hlava, Vladim! R Kopecky, and Jir! Harcuba. The crucial factor for the high standards of Czech glass design was the excellent training at the glass institutes of Northern Bohemia in Novy Bor, Kamenicky Senov, and Zelezny Brod, but most importantly the severe demands for quality in design inculcated by the Prague Academy upon nearly all the artists who later became successful. The high quality of Czech glass became known in the West during the 1970s. The artists were acknowledged through their exploration of the sculptural potential of glass and creating new works of art. As a result, Czech glass art established itself as the third European powerhouse together with Scandinavia and Murano..."--with a bonus offer--
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VG/VG. White paper over boards with blue lettering and design; color illustrated dj; 448 pp; illustrations in bw and color, color maps, portraits. CD in envelope in rear. Contents: Why this exhibition / Helmut Ricke--Twentieth-century Bohemian art in glass: the artistic and historical background / Susanne K. Frantz--Czech specialized schools for glassmaking and schools of applied arts, 1945-1990 / Antonín Langhamer--Painting and sculpture in glass: Czech design drawings from the 1950s and 1960s in the Corning Museum of Glass / Tina Oldknow--The artist and industry, 1945-1960: conditions, potentials and results of the artist-industry relationship / Jan Mergl--Czech glass in the limelight: the great exhibitions abroad / Verena Wasmuth--Czechoslovak glass: a subtle weapon in the superpowers' ideological struggle: the Czechoslovak Glass Exhibition, Moscow, 1959 / Old ich Palata--Czech glass, 1945-1980: development, features, location / Helmut Ricke--Preliminary remarks on the catalogue--Catalogue and plates--Artists' biographies / compiled by Milan HlaveÅ¡--Artists' signatures--The organization of production and development of design in Czechoslovak glassmaking (1940s-1980s) / Antonín Langhamer--Glass industry A-Z: companies and institutions--Directory of locations Czech-German--Map of production places--Bibliography / compiled by Anne-Marie Katins--Glossary of technical terms / compiled by Helmut Ricke.
