Encyclopedia of Glass Science, Technology, History, and Culture. Группа авторов
Color Generation and Control 5 Secondary Production and Consumption 6 Recycling, Shifts in Production, and Decline 7 Perspectives References 10.4 Glass and the Philosophy of Matter in Antiquity 1 Introduction 2 Near Eastern Views on Glass 3 The Glass of the Greek Philosophers 4 Glass and Alchemy 5 The Byzantine Connection 6 Perspectives References 10.5 Ancient Glassworking 1 Introduction 2 Basic Features of Glass Shaping 3 Early Shaping Methods 4 The Slow Blowing Revolution 5 Decoration 6 Special Techniques 7 Secondary Glassworking 8 A Short Retrospective Overview 9 Perspectives References 10.6 Glazes and Enamels 1 Introduction 2 Preparation and Thermal Constraints 3 Composition and Microstructure 4 Coloration 5 Enamels 6 Glazes 7 Perspectives References 10.7 Venetian Glass 1 Introduction 2 Raw Materials and Glassmaking 3 The Origins of Venetian Glass 4 Venetian Renaissance Glass 5 Façon de Venise Glass and Competition 6 Other Italian Glassmaking Traditions 7 Perspectives Acknowledgments References 10.8 Stained Glass Windows 1 Introduction 2 Making Glass Sheets 3 Social Context 4 Glass Decoration 5 Leading 6 Later Trends: Nineteenth to Twentieth Century 7 Conservation 8 Perspectives Acknowledgments References 10.9 Furnaces and Glassmaking Processes: From Ancient Tradition to Modernity 1 Introduction 2 The Written Sources 3 Furnaces 4 Plate Glass 5 Container Glass 6 Perspectives Acknowledgments References 10.10 Glass, the Wonder Maker of Science 1 Introduction 2 The Source of Optics 3 The Enabler of Chemistry 4 Hotness and Air Weight Measured 5 From Electrostatics to Subatomic Physics 6 Perspectives Acknowledgments References 10.11 A History of Glass Science 1 Introduction 2 Glass: An Impossible Definition? 3 The Origins 4 The Early Modern Period (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries) 5 The Chemical Revolution 6 The Crystal Connection 7 The Multiple Roots of Glass Science 8 Perspectives Acknowledgments