The Glassblower of Murano

The Glassblower of Murano

Author: Marina Fiorato

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2009-05-26

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780312386986

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In this internationally bestselling debut, a heartbroken woman embarks on a grand exploration of life and love as a glassblower in the city of her ancestors, Venice, and learns that the past may not be as clear as blown glass.


Murano Magic

Murano Magic

Author: Carl I. Gable

Publisher: Schiffer Art Books

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764319464

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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.


Murano

Murano

Author: Gianfranco Toso

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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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


Murano

Murano

Author: Mark Doty

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9780892365982

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Mark Doty's moving poem, illustrated with details of sixteen pieces of dazzling Murano glass from the collection of the Getty Museum.


Murano, Island of Glass

Murano, Island of Glass

Author: Attilia Dorigato

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13:

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Murano owes its worldwide fame to blown glass. The works created by the skillful hands of the island's master glassblowers have been exported East and West for centuries now, providing some of the most exquisite decorations for royal palaces and princely homes, and arousing the wonder and delight of travellers, poets and writers throughout the ages. Attilia Dorigato, Director of the Murano Glass Museum, traces all the key stages in the development of this age-old craft. Running from the Middle Ages to the heart of the contemporary world, her study focuses particular attention on the master glass-makers of the late part of the twentieth century. This up-to-date survey draws on an extraordinary range of photographs, some of them being published for the first time, and constitutes a fundamental work for anyone who wishes to understand the history of glass. Special illustrated appendices are included to reveal the techniques and secrets of this fascinating craft; what tools the master glassblowers use;


Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass

Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass

Author: Sheldon Barr

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-12-14

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0691222673

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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.


A Thousand Glass Flowers

A Thousand Glass Flowers

Author: Evan Turk

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-08-18

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 153441035X

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This gorgeous and empowering picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Evan Turk paints the portrait of Marietta Barovier, the groundbreaking Renaissance artisan who helped shape the future of Venetian glassmaking. Marietta and her family lived on the island of Murano, near Venice, as all glassmakers did in the early Renaissance. Her father, Angelo Barovier, was a true maestro, a master of glass. Marietta longed to create gorgeous glass too, but glass was men’s work. One day her father showed her how to shape the scalding-hot material into a work of art, and Marietta was mesmerized. Her skills grew and grew. Marietta worked until she created her own unique glass bead: the rosetta. Small but precious, the beautiful beads grew popular around the world and became as valuable as gold. The young girl who was once told she could not create art was now the woman who would leave her mark on glasswork for centuries to come.


Murano Glass

Murano Glass

Author: Marc Heiremans

Publisher: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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Contains superb colour and black & white illustrations of this internationally renowned glass. Another superb book in the comprehensive series detailing the evolution of Murano glass.