Glassmaking in Renaissance Venice
Subtitle: the fragile craft
By: W. Patrick McCray.
Publisher: Brookfield, Vt.; Ashgate; Ashgate Pub Ltd
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Glass blowing and working -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century.; Glassware -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century.; Glassware, Renaissance -- Italy -- Venice.
Description: "The transformation of the Venetian glass industry during the Renaissance was not only a technical phenomenon, but also a social one. In this volume, Patrick McCray examines the demand, production and distribution of glass and glassmaking technology during this period and evaluates several key topics, including the nature of Renaissance demand for certain luxury goods, the interaction between industry and government in the Renaissance, and technological change as a social process. McCray places in its broader economic and cultural context a craft and industry that has been traditionally viewed primarily through the surviving artefacts held in museum collections."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-228) and index.