Beyond Venice
Subtitle: glass in Venetian style, 1500-1750
By: Jutta-Annette Page, with contributions by Ignasi Doménech ... [et al.].
Contributors: Doménech, Ignasi.
Publisher: Corning Museum of Glass; Distributed by Hudson Hills Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Corning, N.Y; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Glassware -- Europe -- Venetian influences.; Glassware, Renaissance.; Glassware, Baroque -- Europe.
Description: "This book was created to accompany a major exhibition of Venetian-style glass at The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. It begins with a brief history of the development of glassmaking in Venice itself, and then presents a survey of glass made a la facon de Venise in five regions: Austria, Spain, France, the Low Countries, and England. In each chapter, following a general discussion of the glass, there is an "Objects" section that offers an in-depth look at outstanding examples of the glassmaker's art. Each of the object entries consists of one or more color illustrations, a detailed description, a comment on the work's significance and parallel pieces, and a bibliography. There is also an essay on the social uses of Venetian-style glassware in the Netherlands during the 17th century." "The volume concludes with a comprehensive bibliography and a general index."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-324) and index.
Published in conjunction with the exhibition Beyond Venice, held at the Corning Museum of Glass May 20-Oct. 17, 2004.
Table of contents: title: Venetian glass in Austria / Jutta-Annette Page; title: Spanish Façon de Venise glass / Ignasi Doménech; title: Venetian and Façon de Venise glass in France in the 16th and 17th centuries / Marie-Laure de Rochebrune; title: Longing for luxury: some social routes of Venetian-style glassware in the Netherlands during the 17th century / Alexandra Gaba-Van Dongen; title: Façon de Venise glass in the Netherlands / Reino Liefkes; title: Venetian and Façon de Venise glass in England / Hugh Willmott.