Author : Marino Barovier
Publisher : Charta
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 33,26 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
This book offers the reader a comprehensive and visually fascinating excursion into the history of Venetian glass from 1900 until today : the most significant period of Muranese glass.
Author : Carl I. Gable
Publisher : Schiffer Art Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,36 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780764319464
The islands of Murano, in the lagoon of Venice, have been a sheltered community of glass artists for at least 700 years. With 250 stunning color photographs of Murano glass art and a detailed text that includes historical informaltion and family trees, this book is original in its comprehensive presentation of the artists, both past and present.
Author : Gianfranco Toso
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 32,21 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Murano: A History of Glass discusses the origins of glass production, describing methods used by the Egyptians and the Romans. The earliest evidence of glass-making in Murano dates from the 7th to 8th century AD and this beautifully illustrated book trac
Author : Sheldon Barr
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 30,90 MB
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 0691222673
Murano Glass and its Collectors in Aesthetic America / Melody Barnett Deusner -- Venetian Mosaics and Glass in the United States, 1860-1917 / Sheldon Barr -- "Where Have Titian's Beauties Gone?" : Sargent and Whistler on the Streets of Venice / Stephanie Mayer Heydt -- Interweaving Worlds : Antique and Revival Lace in Italy and in the United States, 1872-1927 / Diana Jocelyn Greenwold -- Sparks of Genius : American Art and the Appeal of Modern Venetian Glass / Crawford Alexander Mann III -- Biographies / Brittany Emens Strupp, Crawford Alexander Mann III.
Author : Sheldon Barr
Publisher : Antique Collectors Club Dist
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,18 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Glassware
ISBN : 9781851495481
In this first survey of late 19th- and early 20th-century Venetian glass, readers are treated to 100 dazzling color photographs of some of the finest glass ever created. The fanciful shapes, remarkable clarity, sumptuous colors, and unusual patterns of Venetian glass have delighted and amazed collectors and enthusiasts the world over.
Author : Kathy Fox
Publisher : Kalmbach Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 40,20 MB
Release : 2012-08-29
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0871167743
Millefiori, foil, Klimt, Miro – these are just a few of the colorful Venetian glass bead styles taking center stage in Kathy Fox’s illuminating book. Fully detailed and beautifully photographed, the step-by-step instructions for 24 modern jewelry projects using wire wrapping, bead crochet, knotting, stringing, and simple stitching will entice any reader into becoming a Venetian glass bead artist. She also shares the rich history and tradition behind this old-world art form, and provides useful tips for identifying authentic Venetian and Murano beads, guiding readers to informed buying decisions.
Author : Jutta-Annette Page
Publisher : Hudson Hills
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 18,73 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780872901575
A lovingly illustrated celebration of the Venetian art of "cristallo" focuses on this remarkable glasswork produced in five countries during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, using essays and photographs to highlight the aesthetic and social dimensions of this unique craft. 281 colour & 47 b/w illustrations
Author : Elinor Wylie
Publisher : New York : G.H. Doran
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,87 MB
Release : 1926
Category : American literature
ISBN :
In this charming fantasy set in the Renaissance, the Archbishop wants a nephew, but a perfect one-so an artisan fashions one for him of Venetian glass. Problems arise when the glass nephew falls in love with a flesh-and-blood woman. A subtle, sensitively written allegory of life and art, with humour.
Author : Marino Barovier
Publisher : Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,74 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Art GLass
ISBN : 9783897902053
A superbly illustrated and meticulously researched standard work for connoisseurs and collectors of Venetian art glass. Includes a marks table and a glossary.
Author : Augusto Panini
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 36,64 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
"This volume allows us to share the many years of impassioned, fruitful research that have allowed the author to select a grouping of Middle Eastern and Venetian glass beads found in Western Africa. BJ This text provides an in-depth analysis of the elements that make up a plurality of bead types, allowing us to achieve a synthetic reading of their technical, historical and - where present - symbolic characteristics."--BOOK JACKET.
