The Golden Age Of Venetian Glass

Author : Hugh Tait
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780714113517
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Age of Venetian Glass written by Hugh Tait and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The virtuosity of the glassware produced in the Venetian workshops is one of the most remarkable aspects of the Italian Renaissance. This account is illustrated with over two hundred examples drawn from the British Museum's superb collections of Venetial glass.

Author : Gianfranco Toso
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murano written by Gianfranco Toso and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Alvise Zorzi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Venice, the Golden Age, 697-1797 written by Alvise Zorzi and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patricians and bankers - Confraternities and guilds - Religious and other festivals - Sports - Development and architecture of Venice - Venetian empire - Trade and traders - Merchants - Murano glass - Weavers - Ships - List of Patrician families - List of Doges of Venice.

Author : Hugh Tait
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Age of Venetian Glass written by Hugh Tait and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The virtuosity of the glassware produced in the Venetian workshops is one of the most remarkable aspects of the Italian Renaissance. This account is illustrated with over two hundred examples drawn from the British Museum's superb collections of Venetial glass.

Author : Mark Jones
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520070875
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fake? written by Mark Jones and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the methods used to make artistic, literary, documentary, and political forgeries and the recent scientific advances in their detection. Includes over 600 objects from the British Museum and many other major collections, from ancient Babylonia to the present day.

Author : Pompeo Molmenti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Venice: The golden age. 2 v written by Pompeo Molmenti and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Geoffrey Edwards
Publisher : Macmillan Education AU
ISBN 13 : 9780958574310
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art of Glass written by Geoffrey Edwards and published by Macmillan Education AU. This book was released on 1998 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jointly published by the National Gallery of Victoria and Macmillan Publishers Australia this book is the first publication to document in depth the nature, extent and history of the National Gallery of Victorias celebrated glass collection. Its author, and expert on the art of glass, Geoffrey Edwards, has selected the most magnificent works from the collection, each reproduced in colour, as the basis for a broader discussion of the history of glassmaking in the worlds leading production centres, from the ancient Mediterranean to the present day. With fine photographs by Garry Sommerfeld, this book provides a most spectacular visual array.

Author : Sheldon Barr
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691222673
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass written by Sheldon Barr and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Carl I. Gable
Publisher : Schiffer Art Books
ISBN 13 : 9780764319464
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murano Magic written by Carl I. Gable and published by Schiffer Art Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : David Revere McFadden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Venetian Glass written by David Revere McFadden and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A journey into the art of fire through more than 250 pieces of art glass from the 20th century Murano glass collection that Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu have assembled over years of study. This book offers the reader an excursion into the history of Venetian glass from 1900 until today: the most significant period of Muranese glass." "The essays in the book are written by Marino Barovier, David Revere McFadden and Suzanne K. Frantz. World class experts in the field of glass and decorative arts, each explains various aspects of Venetian Glass, from its history to a discussion on collectors and collecting to the remarkable relationship between the glassblower and the designer. Renown artists/designers share their personal insights: Alfredo Barbini, Cristiano Bianchin, Laura Diaz de Santillana, Benjamin Moore, Yoichi Ovhira, Tobia Scarpa, Thomas Stearns, Lino Tagliapietra, Massimo Vignelli and Toots Zynsky."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved