Murano Glass and the Venice Biennale
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Author: Barovier, Marino
How Murano glass finally achieved staying power as part of the world’s largest art exhibition. This second volume on the history of Murano glass at the Venice Biennale begins in 1932. Author Marino Barovier, himself a member of a family of Murano glassmakers, takes readers through this prewar decade, with over 500 images of vintage Murano glass pieces. This illustrates with examples how painters, sculptors and others came to appreciate and collaborate with glassmaking. Prior to 1932, glass and other decorative arts were a fixture of the central pavilion from 1912 to 1930. Once it received its own dedicated space in the Giardini, with the construction of the Venezia Pavilion, Murano glass exploded in popularity, as the material became both an accepted part of the exhibition and a point of pride for local Venetian craftsmen. This book is a must-have for any collector or admirer of this storied decorative art.
ISBN 9791254632734. Marsilio Arte. hb. 448 pages. 500 colour ills. 30.5 x 24.1 cm.
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How Murano glass finally achieved staying power as part of the world’s largest art exhibition. This second volume on the history of Murano glass at the Venice Biennale begins in 1932. Author Marino Barovier, himself a member of a family of Murano glassmakers, takes readers through this prewar decade, with over 500 images of vintage Murano glass pieces. This illustrates with examples how painters, sculptors and others came to appreciate and collaborate with glassmaking. Prior to 1932, glass and other decorative arts were a fixture of the central pavilion from 1912 to 1930. Once it received its own dedicated space in the Giardini, with the construction of the Venezia Pavilion, Murano glass exploded in popularity, as the material became both an accepted part of the exhibition and a point of pride for local Venetian craftsmen. This book is a must-have for any collector or admirer of this storied decorative art.
ISBN 9791254632734. Marsilio Arte. hb. 448 pages. 500 colour ills. 30.5 x 24.1 cm.
available