Roman Glass

Sarah BlenkolEcomuseum Cap de CavallerialSession 2

Glass discovered 2200 B.C. in northwestern

Iran Glassblowing discovered in Syro-Palestine

Region 1st c. B.C. Late 1st c. BC Emperor Augustus encourages

crafts to move to Italian mainland 4th c. A.D. Emperor Constantine moves court to

Constantinople (aka Byzantium or Istanbul)

Timeline

Distinction between glassmakers and

glassblowers; glassmakers could produce several tons of glass in one operation

Mostly for middle or lower classes, but very fancy stuff for the rich

More than 13 billion items of glassware made during Roman empire

Romans had no word for glass before 60 B.C.

Fun Facts

Cast Glass

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/81.10.243

http://www.romanglass.net/pages/2/index.htm http://www.antiquitiesexperts.com/late_roman.html

Glass Blowing

http://rpmeurope.wordpress.com/http://www.dhub.org/search_show_all.php?d_search=photographic+prints&submit_type=Search+DHUB&all_popular=&all=1

http://www.exponent.com/industrial_structures/

Blown Glass

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/17.194.251_17.194 http://bloggernickart-nick.blogspot.com/2010/04/glass-blowing.html

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/81.10.245

Used to hold perfumes, lotions etc. Also used as common household ware

Cultural Context

http://www.romanglass.net/pages/3/index.htm

http://altoonsultan.blogspot.com/2009/12/at-met-greek-and-roman-study-collection.html

http://www.romanglass.net/pages/3/index.htm

Used in funerals to either hold ashes or as

grave goods

Cultural Context II

http://www.romanglass.net/pages/4/index.htm http://elogedelart.canalblog.com/archives/2009/04/29/13559931.html

http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/visit/410ad-865ad.cfm

References

Fleming, Stuart . "Roman Glass: A Window on an Ancient World." Home page. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 May 2011. http://www.romanglass.net/pages/1/index.htm Fleming, Stuart. "Reflections on the Roman World." The Pennsylvania Gazette [Philadelphia] 14 Apr. 1998: n. pag. University of Pensylvania. Web. 27 May 2011. Pollock, Julian . "The History of Murano Glass - The World's Foremost Glass Blowing Centre for Centuries. | TheHistoryOf.net." TheHistoryOf.net. N.p., 15 June 2009. Web. 27 May 2011. http://www.thehistoryof.net/history-of-glass-blowing-in-Murano.html Trentinella, Rosemarie. "Roman Glass | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: metmuseum.org. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, n.d. Web. 27 May 2011. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rgls/hd_rgls.htm Whitehouse, David. "Looking Through Roman Glass." Archaeology Magazine. Archaeological Institute of America, n.d. Web. 27 May 2011. http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/roman/index.html