Sand and imagination [electronic resource] : the art of glassmaking from Mesopotamia to modern glass / by Thomas C. MacAvoy.

Title: 
Sand and imagination [electronic resource] : the art of glassmaking from Mesopotamia to modern glass / by Thomas C. MacAvoy.

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Author/Artist: 
MacAvoy, Thomas C., 1928-
Publisher: 
[Charlottesville, Va.] : T. MacAvoy, 2006.
Description: 
Power Point slide presentation.
1 CD-ROM : b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects: 
Glass manufacture History.
Glassware History
Bib ID: 
130417
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Variant Title: 
Title from disk label: Sand and imagination : 6 lectures on glass
Notes: 
Gift; Thomas MacAvoy; 2012; 1000122623
System requirements: Microsoft Power Point.
Power Point slide presentation.
Title from title screen of first presentation.
Power Point presentation for a class at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 2006. An updated version of a lecture he gave in 2003 (BIB 87976, TP849 .M11 2003).
Contents: 
Sand and imagination; In the beginning --
Roman, Byzantine and Islamic glass --
European glass --
Glass of China --
American glass --
Art nouveau, art deco, studio glass --
The emergence of glass as art.

Object/Material Note

Object/Material Note: 
"In the beginning" Power Point includes CMoG objects: 63.1.26, slide 11 -- 66.1.249, slide 12 -- 66.1.226, slide 13 -- 63.1.29, slide 16 -- 50.1.4, slide 21 (far left) -- 50.1.6, slide 21 (2nd from left) -- 55.1.62, slide 21 (center, back) -- 51.1.104, slide 21 (center, front) -- 50.1.3, slide 21 (2nd from right) -- 51.1.103, slide 21 (right) -- 55.1.66, slide 22 -- 59.1.578, slide 23 -- 66.1.16, slide 24 -- 74.1.14, slide 25 -- 55.1.2, slide 26 -- 71.1.5, slide 29 -- 53.1.2, slide 30 -- 79.1.4, slide 35, 57 -- 55.1.58, slide 39 -- 59.1.7, slide 40 -- 66.1.206, slide 41 -- 52.1.34, slide 44 -- 58.1.38ab, slide 53 -- 59.1.57, slide 54 -- 66.1.216, slide 55 -- 98.1.97, slide 56.
"Glassmaking in the Roman Imperial age" includes CMoG objects: 70.1.29, slide 5 -- 66.1.237, slide 6 -- 55.1.84, slide 7 -- 59.1.76, slide 11 -- 66.1.41, slide 12 -- 70.1.8, slide 13 -- 64.1.18, slide 14 (back left) -- 70.1.44, slide 14 (back center) -- 59.1.521, slide 14 (back right) -- 66.1.239, slide 14 -- 72.1.3, slide 14 -- 64.1.10, slide 14 -- 50.1.14, slide 14 -- 68.1.9, slide 14 -- 53.1.104, slide 14 -- 52.1.75, slide 14 -- 55.1.96, slide 14 -- 54.1.134, slide 14 -- 53.1.108, slide 14 -- 59.1.69, slide 14 -- 54.1.79, slide 14 -- 59.1.150, slide 14 -- 59.1.126, slide 14 -- 54.1.84, slide 15 -- 87.1.2, slide 17 -- 66.1.223, slide 20 -- 52.1.93, slide 22 -- 62.1.24a, slide 23 (flipped image) -- 62.1.31, slide 25 -- 87.1.1, slide 27 -- 82.1.1, slide 31 -- 97.1.16, slide 33 -- 59.1.288, slide 35 -- 64.1.32, slide 45 -- 72.1.21, slide 46 -- 68.1.1, slide 51 -- 53.1.109, slide 52 -- 85.1.1, slide 57-58 (detail) -- 52.1.86, slide 62 -- 90.1.1, slide 63.
"Glass of China" Power Point includes CMoG objects: 51.6.568, slide 3 -- 75.6.11, slide 4 -- 57.6.10, slide 5 -- 51.6.309, slide 6 (left) -- 51.6.326, slide 6 (2nd from left) -- 51.6.338, slide 6 (center front) -- 57.6.2, slide 6 (2nd from right) -- 51.6.295, slide 6 (right).
"The emergence of glass as art" Power Point includes CMoG objects: 55.1.58, slide 5 -- 79.1.4, slide 6, 91 -- 64.1.18, slide 8 (back left) -- 70.1.44, slide 8 (back center) -- 59.1.521, slide 8 (back right) -- 66.1.239, slide 8 -- 72.1.3, slide 8 -- 64.1.10, slide 8 -- 50.1.14, slide 8 -- 68.1.9, slide 8 -- 53.1.104, slide 8 -- 52.1.75, slide 8 -- 55.1.96, slide 8 -- 54.1.134, slide 8 -- 53.1.108, slide 8 -- 59.1.69, slide 8 -- 54.1.79, slide 8 -- 59.1.150, slide 8 -- 59.1.126, slide 8 -- 66.4.47, slide 11 -- 76.4.21, slide 13 -- 75.4.56, slide 15 -- 96.4.166, slide 28 -- 86.4.94, slide 31 -- 90.4.129, slide 38 -- 81.4.43, slide 39 -- 83.4.45, slide 40 -- 81.3.38, slide 42 -- 79.6.4, slide 43 -- 2004.3.35, slide 45 -- 74.4.211, slide 51 -- 75.4.29, slide 56 -- 85.4.19, slide 66 -- 87.4.19, slide 69 -- 81.3.125, slide 73 -- 82.4.8, slide 78 -- 2000.4.6, slide 83 -- 2005.3.21, slide 84 -- 2004.3.10, slide 88.
"In the beginning" Power Point includes CMGL materials: 29547, p. 30, fig. 5, slide 27 -- 29547, p. 31, fig. 6, slide 28.
""The emergence of glass as art" Power Point includes CMGL materials: 105709, Rakow_bib no. 105709_CMYK-apd.tif, slide 10 -- 105709, 1000068701_exp1.tif, slide 12.