Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Collection of the Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton University Art Museum Series): Ancient Glass in the ... University Art Museum Monograph Series) - Hardcover

Antonaras, Anastasios

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300179812 ISBN 13: 9780300179811

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2012

Synopsis

For the first time, this important volume features nearly all of the ancient glass objects in the collection of the Princeton University Art Museum. Collected over the course of more than a century, the objects originate from locations across the eastern Mediterranean region. Taken together, the 509 ancient glass vessels and plaques provide a timeline of archaeological and cultural history from the middle of the second millennium B.C. to the rise of Islam in the 7th century. An introductory essay by award-winning scholar Anastassios Antonaras summarizes the history of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine glass, with a special emphasis on people-workers, artisans, owners, and vendors-and on the processes they used to create and decorate these artifacts. Conveniently arranged according to production technique, each entry in Fire and Sand features a color photograph, ink drawing, and detailed description.

About this title

About the Author:

Anastassios Antonaras is archaeologist-museologist at the Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0300179812
• ISBN 13: 9780300179811
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 398