Napoleone Martinuzzi
Subtitle: Venini, 1925-1932
By: exhibition curated and catalogue edited by Marino Barovier
Contributors: Barovier, Marino, editor
Publisher: Skira
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9788857221403
Subjects: Vetri Soffiati Muranesi Cappellin Venini & C. (Firm); Glass artists; Glassware; Exhibitions
Notes: "Napoleone Martinuzzi, an artist ... became a partner of Paolo Venini in 1925. In his capacity as the artistic director of V.S.M. Venini & C. he designed marvelous objects until 1931. This book reviews his entire production as a glass designer, consisting of about 600 works identified after lengthy and thorough research. Unpublished records in the Archivio Storico Venini have allowed researchers to appreciate the full extent of Martinuzzi's contribution to the factory's production and to identify many of his designs, some of which were previously unknown. After devising elegant clear blown glass objects, the artist went on to explore previously unseen matter like bubble glass and opaque glass in intense and solid colours. In so doing Martinuzzi desgned a wide repertoire of vases, cups, lights, and peculiar decorative objects like fruits, coloured glass creatures and succulent plants, some of which were monumental in size."--Page 4 of cover.

Catalog of an exhibition held at San Giorgio Maggiore Island, Venice, Italy, Sept. 8-Dec. 1, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-478).
Table of contents: title: Napoleone Martinuzzi: from sculpture to glass, between tradition and innovation  -- Marino Barovier; title: The background and evolution of Vetri soffiati muranesi Venini & C. between art and architecture  -- Carla Sonego; title: Napoleone Martinuzzi, Gabriele d'Annunzio and the art of glass  -- Valerio Terraroli; title: The tradition of glassmaking in the works of Napoleone Martinuzzi  -- Rosa Barovier Mentasti; title: Martinuzzi, director of the Venice Glass Museum  -- Chiara Squarcina; title: "Succulent and trendy" glass: Martinuzzi's cacti in Italian and French interiors during the early 1930s  -- Lucia Mannini; title: Culture and commerce: Italian glass in America, 1925-1932  -- Howard J. Lockwood; title: The works  -- Marino Barovier and Carla Sonego.; title: The glass ;; title: Transparent glass ;; title: Fruits ;; title: Pulegosi ;; title: Animals ;; title: Succulent plants ;; title: Flowers ;; title: Filigree glass ;; title: Opaque glass ;; title: Centrepieces ;; title: Aquariums ;; title: Figures ;; title: Glass elements for wall decoration  -- Matteo Gardonio; title: Lighting --; title: Special projects --; title: Martinuzzi's glass at the Vittoriale --; title: Official list of works and exhibitions of Vetri soffiati muranesi Venini & C. 1925-1931 -- Carla Sonego.