Glass by Koen VanderstukkenCall Number: NK5110.5 .V24
ISBN: 9781910433928
Publication Date: 2016
Introduction -- Glass in the twentieth century: An overview. Glass at the beginning of modernism; The origins and significance of the studio glass movement; Glass outside the studio glass movement -- Glass during modernism and postmodernism. Modernism and postmodernism; The complexity of glass; Glass and modernism; Henri Matisse and the Chapelle du Rosaire; Marcel Duchamp and the Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even; Glass and postmodernism; Modernism and postmodernism reconsidered; Glass: A true postmodern medium -- A history of myths, craft and the art of painting. The origin of glass: The beginning of a myth; Earliest history: From myth to magic; Roman glass: From magic to function; The Renaissance: More function and decoration; Stained glass: A different story; Glass, science and philosophy; Glass and the art of painting; Gerhard Richter: A link between past and present -- A scientific approach to glass. The definition of glass; The structure of glass; The complexity of glass; States of matter; Is glass a liquid or a solid?; The fourth state of matter? -- Glass in a contemporary context. A material immateriality; The interface between reality and virtuality; The real in-between and the glass/virtuality symbiosis; A new look at contemporary glass; Direct virtuality; Emotional virtuality; Rational virtuality; Historical virtuality; Virtuality -- Epilogue.