Fire and Form
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.22 (790 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0943411394 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. About the Author William Warmus is a former curator of the Corning Museum of Glass, a past editor of Glass magazine, and the author of books on artists Dale Chihuly, Louis C. He lives near Ithaca, New York. Tiffany, Frantisek Vizner, Emile Galle, and Rene Lalique
William Warmus is a former curator of the Corning Museum of Glass, a past editor of Glass magazine, and the author of books on artists Dale Chihuly, Louis C. He lives near Ithaca, New York. Tiffany, Frantisek Vizner, Emile Galle, and Rene Lalique.
Doug Anderson said Simply Sculpture. SIMPLY SCULPTUREWarmus writes with wit and intelligence. Glass, as an art making material, is no different from other materialsexcept when it is. This very readable book makes this point well. There are some ideas that can't be expressed with any other material. Warmus doesn't discuss the craftmanship involved in using glass to make a
He lives near Ithaca, New York.. William Warmus is a former curator of the Corning Museum of Glass, a past editor of "Glass" magazine, and the author of books on artists Dale Chihuly, Louis C. Tiffany, Frantisek Vizner, Emile Galle, and Rene Lalique. Warmus also provides a brief history of glass as an art form dating back to ancient Egypt, and places contemporary glass within the context of contemporary art and theory at large. The final section deals with the theatrical nature of installations and environmental sculptures, demonstrating the surprising capability of glass to impose itself physically and emotionally on the spac