Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass.Sasanian And Post-Sasanian Glass In The Corning Museum Of Glass The Corning Museum of Glass grants permission to Wikipedia to include text from its website in the article below. The Corning Museum of Glass, in Corning, New York, explores every facet of glass: its unique place in art, history, culture, science and technology, David Whitehouse Whitehouse may refer to:
Hudson Hills Press PO Box 205, 74-2 Union Street, Manchester, VT 05254 www.hudsonhills.com 0872901580 $65.00 1-800-462-6420 Sasanian And Post-Sasanian Glass In The Corning Museum Of Glass presents 72 objects from the Corning Museum's collection of Sasanian glass. The Sasanians were a dynasty An application development system for enterprise client/server environments from Dynasty Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (www.dynasty.com). Introduced in 1993, it is a repository-driven system that supports Windows, Mac and Motif clients and NT, OS/2 and major Unix servers and databases. that originated in southern Iran and ruled an empire from Mesopotamia to parts of Central Asia between the early third and mid-seventh centuries. Some Sasanian glass resembled Roman production styles, while others were more specifically reminiscent of Iranian styles. Featuring pieces believed to be Sasanian and "post-Sasanian", meaning these were made in the Sasanian style during the centuries immediately after the fall of the Sasanian dynasty Sasanian dynasty or Sassanian dynasty Persian dynasty (AD 224–651). Founded by Ardashir I (r. AD 224–241) and named for his ancestor Sasan (c. 1st century AD), it replaced the Parthian empire (see Parthia). , Sasanian And Post-Sasanian Glass In The Corning Museum Of Glass showcases each preserved object with a detailed description of its dimensions and condition of the piece. Additional commentaries for each piece describe where others like it were found, and speculate on its purpose or use. The entire catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. is divided into eight sections, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the different techniques used to form or finish the glass objects. While some pieces have suffered from weathering or the effects of time, others are remarkably and beautifully preserved for their great age. Crystal-clear, full-color photographs of every item ensure that Sasanian And Post-Sasanian Glass In The Corning Museum Of Glass is the next best thing to paying a visit to the museum in person. |
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