This book accompanies the firts-ever exhibition in the UK of the work of American artist Dale Chihuly. Chihuly?s glass is richly coloured, extravagantly formed, and enormously varied, raging from Chandeliers to Reeds, Seaforms to Macchias, Both the exhibition and the book reveal Chihuly?s development over the last thirty years. Chihuly?s glass is technically and sculputurally ambitious and often on a scale unmatched by any other artist. Drawing on the museums historic Renaissance collections and expertise, the book also explores the development of the Venetian glass workshop and Chihuly?s enormous influence in introducing it and Venetian glassmakers to the Unites States. It also includes a brief resume of his career and an assessment of his art and its significance. The stunning colour photographs do full justice to Chihuly?s work, which has become a by-word for all that is spectacular and exciting in contemporary glass.