Enjoy Venetian skating rink, Murano Glass exhibition, New Year’s at Piazza San Marco, and add some spirituality and good Italian food this Holiday [...]
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Exhibition centered on Murano Glass Beads at Murano Glass Museum showcases a wide variety of beads and other Murano Glass objects created over the last 100 years by Ercole Moretti – the prominent Murano Glass [...] Our unique film lets our clients and Murano Glass fans to experience Murano Glass in its entirety – from the surreal air of Venice, where this art was born, to the burning furnaces of the Glass Masters where it’s being created now, just like centuries [...] From its utilitarian beginnings in Roman Empire in the first century B.C. through the masterpieces in the heyday of Renaissance all the way to the unique artistic bloom of today, Murano glass has a rich and turbulent history that is not widely known or appreciated outside of Venice. Seeing or holding a piece of Murano glass jewelry, a beautiful goblet, or an elaborate vase, many people don’t realize what it took for this unique art form to survive and last into the modern [...] Glass jewelry has been around for thousands of years. It is truly fascinating how human ingenuity could transform what is basically ordinary silica sand, into such a magical medium as murano [...] For connoisseurs of glass art, murano glass invokes images of almost thousand years of tradition, inventiveness and forms that followed styles and demands of particular times. But for majority of people, Murano glass is the synonym for beautiful objects decorated with tiny colorful glass flowers – millefiori. Italian for ‘thousand [...] A new exhibition opened up at the Archaeological Museum in Altino, Italy this May is a tribute to the history of glass making in the region. Over 400 glass objects are on display created using the techniques that have been later re-discovered by Murano glass [...] Today, just like centuries ago, some very practicable objects continue to be made of Murano glass. Supporting this traditional use of Murano glass is Distilleria Bottega located in Bibano, in the famous Prosecco wine region, 25 miles north of Venice. Distilleria Bottega has been producing excellent grappas, liquors, and wines for over thirty years, and the company continues to bottle many of them in hand-blown traditionally-made Murano glass bottles. [...] Murano glass is about to get even more famous and fashionable as it gets a boost from the legendary Versace brand. In an attempt to add a twist to their Versace Casa collection of home furnishings and decor and revive Gianni Versace’s heritage, the famous design house teamed up with the best-in-class Murano glassmaking firm [...] We often get questions about the possibility of visiting a factory or a workshop in Murano and witnessing the creation of famous Murano Glass. Unfortunately the artisans we work with and many other high quality Murano glass artists do not open the doors of their workshops to tourists. Yet you can find a way to visit a tourist-friendly mass-market Murano glass [...] |
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