Glass art names individual works of art made substantially or wholly of glass, ranging in scale from monumental installation pieces to wall hangings and windows to glass jewelry and tableware produced in studios and factories.
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Signature Technique Place of Origin Notable ExampleThe Crystal Palace, built in 1851 1 Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Dale Chihuly
Source Wikipedia: Harvey Littleton
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Roman cameo-glass vessel.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, originated there.
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1. Glass Art (Wikipedia)
WikipediaGlass art, lead section
Glass art refers to individual works of art that are substantially or wholly made of glass.
Glass art, Glass facades and structural glass section
A striking example of this was the Crystal Palace in 1851, one of the first buildings to use glass as a primary structural material.
Glass art, history section
Murano is still held as the birthplace of modern glass art.
Glass art, history section, glassblowing sentence
Glassblowing was perhaps invented in the 1st century BC, and featured heavily in Roman glass, which was highly developed with forms such as the cage cup for a luxury market.
View the Source Wikipedia: Dale Chihuly
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Dale Chihuly ( chih-HOO-lee; born September 20, 1941) is an American glass artist. He is well known in the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture".
Wikipedia: Harvey Littleton
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Harvey Littleton (June 14, 1922, December 13, 2013) was an American glass artist and educator, one of the founders of the studio glass movement; he is often referred to as the "Father of the Studio Glass Movement". Born in Cornin
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