When we think of Venetian glass, our minds leap to the blazing furnaces of Murano, to delicate filigree and the vivid colors of the Renaissance. This iconic and universally recognized image tells only ...

Venetian glass has long been celebrated for its refined artistry, graceful forms, and clarity of its material. What’s more, some have believed that the purity of the glass would resist deadly poisons.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A modern-day glassblower believes he has unraveled the mysteries of Renaissance-era Venetian glassmaking, a trade whose secrets were so closely guarded that anyone who divulged ...

John Singer Sargent, A Venetian Woman, 1882, oil on canvas, Cincinnati Art Museum, The Edwin and Virginia Irwin Memorial, 1972.37. The exhibition “Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American ...

Murano, a cluster of islands in Venice, was the home of the world’s most celebrated glass makers for centuries. Initially learning glass making from Syria and other Middle Eastern artisans, Venetian ...

Thrilling innovations at the Renwick mirror SAAM’s exquisite historical survey of the Venetian masters and their influences In "New Glass Now," at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery ...

Container of (work): Barr, Sheldon 1938- Venetian mosaics and glass in the United States, 1860-1917 Container of (work): Deusner, Melody Barnett Murano glass and its collectors in aesthetic America ...

Periodization, for all the fleeting satisfaction it provides, can cause severe headaches for a historian. “Among the many and various dangers that beset the would-be writer of history,” writes John ...

MILAN — When in Venice. Fashion brand Jil Sander indulged in the history-laden world of Venetian glass for the opening of its brand new store in Venice’s Piazza San Marco. On Tuesday, it announced ...