History of Glass
Code
8842
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Conservação e Restauro
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Fernando A. Baptista Pereira, Márcia Gomes Vilarigues
Weekly hours
4
Total hours
54
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
Specific Outcomes:
This seminar, will examine from a very broad standpoint, the most fundamental moments and changes in the course of the historical evolution of glass. It will do so across the broadest spectrum imaginable, from the industrial production of containers including series and unique production artistic glass, through to glass in its architectural applications. It will arrive at and give special emphasis on the study of contemporary creative approaches. The Portuguese production of stained glass windows and of artistic glass will also be covered.
The lectures for this Seminar will include the collaboration of both Portuguese and foreign internal and external experts. Specific themes within this study area will be focused upon both in classroom lectures and in complementary conferences.
Subject matter
Summary of topics to be covered in this discipline
1. From glazes to Glass: experiences in the Antiquity from the 3rd millennium B.C.E. to the Classic A.
2. The origins of glass blowing.
3. Roman Glass: main production centres and masterpieces.
4. Architectural glass in the Middle Ages: Islamic glass; composition modalities and narratives of stained glass windows in Christian Europe (XI-XVI centuries).
5. Stained glass windows in Portugal, during the XV and XVI centuries.
6. The evolution of glass in Italy (Venice, Murano, and Altare) in the early Middle Ages and in the Renaissance.
7. Technological progress during the XVII century: the invention of Crystal, the manufacture of lenses and the making of mirrors.
8. The Industrial Revolution and glass in the XIX and XX centuries, mass production of containers and the development of new and more resistant materials for building construction.
9. Glass manufacturing in Portugal: from the factory of Coina to “Marinha Grande”.
10. Artistic glass in the XIX and XX centuries: the greatest artists seen within the context of each of the main techniques for glass forming.
Bibliography
Bibliography
AA. VV., Dictionary of glass-making / Dicionário do Vidro, Amesterdão: Elsevier, 1992.
ALCAIDE, Victor Nieto La Luz, símbolo y sistema visual, Madrid: Cátedra, 1978.
BARROS, Carlos Vitorino da Silva O Vitral em Portugal, séculos XV e XVI, Lisboa: XVII Exposição do Conselho da Europa, 1983.
BARROS, Carlos Vitorino da Silva Real Fábrica de Vidros da Marinha Grande: II Centenário 1769-1969, Leiria: Magno, 1998, 2ª ed.
BRUGMANN, Birte. Glass Beads from Anglo-Saxon Graves: A Study on the Provenance and Chronology of Glass Beads from Anglo-Saxon Graves, Based on Visual Examination. Oxbow Books, 2004.
CHARLESTON, Robert J. Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass, Nova York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1990.
FRANTZ, Susanne K. Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass, Nova York: Harry N. Abrams Inc.,1989.
KEMP, Wolfgang, The Narratives of Gothic Stained Glass, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997.
KLEIN, Dan Glass, a contemporary art, Londres: Collins, 1989.
KLESSE, Brigitte European Glass, 1500–1800: The Ernesto Wolf Collection, Nova York: Kremayr & Scheriau, 1988.
MOOR, Andrew Architectural Glass Art: form and technique in contemporary glass, Londres: Beazley, 1997.
REDOL, Pedro O Mosteiro da Batalha e o Vitral em Portugal nos séculos XV e XVI, Batalha: C.M., 2003.
SPILLMAN, Jane Shadel e FRANTZ, Susanne K. Masterpieces of American Glass Nova York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1989.
VALENTE, Vasco O Vidro em Portugal, Porto: Portucalense, 1950.
WHITEHOUSE, David Glass of the Roman Empire, 1988.
ZERWICK, Chloe A Short History of Glass Nova York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1990.
Site: Corning Museum of Glass: http://www.cmog.org/
Teaching method
Teaching method
Theoretical classes, with illustrations appropriate to the objectives of the curriculum unit.
Course language
English