Glass Guide

The following guide provides resources on the topic of Glass including books, databases, journals, search terms and external web links.

Books

Florian Lechner and Glass

Florian Lechner and Glass

748.092 L459

Giles Bettison: Pattern and Perception

748.092 B565O

James Mongrain

James Mongrain

748.092 M743

Masters: Blown Glass : Major Works by Leading Artists

Masters: Blown Glass : Major Works by Leading Artists

748.092 M423M

Beginning Glassblowing

Beginning Glassblowing

748.20282 S348B

Beginner's Guide to Kiln-formed Glass : Fused, Slumped, Cast

Beginner's Guide to Kiln-formed Glass : Fused, Slumped, Cast

748.2028 G853

Glass Blowing : A Technical Manual

Glass Blowing : A Technical Manual

748.20282 B959

Glass Throughout Time : History and Technique of Glassmaking from the Ancient World to the Present

Glass Throughout Time : History and Technique of Glassmaking from the Ancient World to the Present

748 M549

 

Databases

Art, Design and Architecture Collection

This art research database covers a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design.

Art Source

This art research database covers a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design.

Oxford Art Online

Database allows users to access—and simultaneously cross-search—an expanding range of Oxford’s acclaimed art reference works: Grove® Art Online, the Benezit® Dictionary of Artists, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, as well as many specially commissioned articles and bibliographies.

Journals

Glass: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly

Glass Art Magazine

New Glass Review

Neues Glas - New Glass: art and architecture

Search Terms

Annealing of glass Glass blowing and working Glass -- Manufactured
Art glass Glass craft Glass -- Ornamental
Blown glass Glass fusing Glassware
Cast glass Glass painting and staining Kiln formed glass
Glass Glass sculpture Studio Glass
Glass art Glass slumping  
Glass artists Glass -- Colored