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Item Details
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MURANO
ISLAND OF GLASS |
| By: |
Attilia Dorigato |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£20.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
8877433868 |
| ISBN 13: |
9788877433862 |
| Publisher: |
ARSENALE |
| Pub. date: |
16 May, 2013 |
| Pages: |
400 |
| Description: |
This is the only book on the history of Venetian glass which talks about the development of his style. |
| Synopsis: |
Murano owes its worldwide fame to blown glass. The works created by the skilful hands of the island's master glass-blowers 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, here traces all the keys stages in the development of this age-old craft. Running from the Middle Ages to the heart of the contemporary world, her study focuses with 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 glass-blowers use; what goes into making specific glass pastes (with such exotic names as lattimo, calcedonio and avventurina); what is involved in the various procedures for working and finishing glass that have been invented and developed in Murano itself. The volume is completed with a comprehensive glossary, which provides an essential key to the professional language of glass making on Murano, explaining such local terms as 'murrine', 'vetro ghiaccio' or 'vetro pulegoso'. |
| Illustrations: |
50 Colour |
| Publication: |
Italy |
| Imprint: |
Arsenale |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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