page_title: Venice
section_title: Glass
hierarchical_section_title: Venice / Culture / Glass
caption_attribution_description: English&#x3a;&#32; Ca&#39; Rezzonico, Venice - Murano glass chandelier with twenty lights in two rows, decorated with flowers in bright colored glass, produced in the mid-eighteenth century by Giuseppe Briati's studio in Murano.Français&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Ca&#39; Rezzonico, Venise - Lustre en verre de Murano à vingt feux sur deux rangées, décoré de fleurs en pâtes de verre aux couleurs vives, produit vers la moitié du XVIIIesiècle par l’atelier de Giuseppe Briati à Murano.Italiano&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Ca&#39; Rezzonico, Venezia - Lampadario in vetro di Murano con venti luci a due file, decorato con fiori in vetro colorato, prodotto nella metà del Settecento dallo studio di Giuseppe Briati a Murano. Ca' Rezzonico &#160;&#160;Native nameCa' RezzonicoLocationVenice, ItalyCoordinates45°&#160;26′&#160;00.33″&#160;N, 12°&#160;19′&#160;36.54″&#160;E &#160;Established1935Web pageMuseo dell' Settecento VenezianoAuthority control : Q1052171 VIAF:&#8201;316738896 institution QS:P195,Q1052171
context_page_description: Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers. In 2018, 260,897 people resided in the Comune di Venezia, of whom around 55,000 live in the historical city of Venice. Together with Padua and Treviso, the city is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million.
  The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century BC. The city was historically the capital of the Republic of Venice for a millennium and more, from 697 to 1797. It was a major financial and maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as an important center of commerce—especially silk, grain, and spice, and of art from the 13th century to the end of the 17th.
context_section_description: Venice is known for its ornate glass-work, known as Venetian glass, which is world-renowned for being colourful, elaborate, and skilfully made.
  Many of the important characteristics of these objects had been developed by the 13th century. Toward the end of that century, the center of the Venetian glass industry moved to Murano, an offshore island in Venice. The glass made there is known as Murano glass.
  Byzantine craftsmen played an important role in the development of Venetian glass. When Constantinople was sacked in the Fourth Crusade in 1204, some fleeing artisans came to Venice. This happened again when the Ottomans took Constantinople in 1453, supplying Venice with still more glassworkers. By the 16th century, Venetian artisans had gained even greater control over the color and transparency of their glass, and had mastered a variety of decorative techniques.
  Despite efforts to keep Venetian glassmaking techniques within Venice, they became known elsewhere, and Venetian-style glassware was produced in other Italian cities and other countries of Europe.
  Some of the most important brands of glass in the world today are still produced in the historical glass factories on Murano. They are: Venini, Barovier & Toso, Pauly, Millevetri, and Seguso. Barovier & Toso is considered one of the 100 oldest companies in the world, formed in 1295.
caption: Murano glass chandelier Ca' Rezzonico
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