Glassmaking in Renaissance Venice : the fragile craft / W. Patrick McCray.
Pubblicazione:
Aldershot : Ashgate, 1999.
Descrizione fisica:
VI, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Illustrations. Tables. Preface. Maps. 1. Introduction 2. Masters of the gold of Christendom: Renaissance Venice, the world economy and luxury goods 3. Master Aldrevandin's world: glassmaking in pre-Renaissance Venice 4. Demystifying the demand for Renaissance glass 5. Desire fulfilled: the technology of glassmaking in Renaissance Venice 6. Consumers and competitors: the distribution of glass and glassmaking knowledge. Epilogue: The innovations of Renaissance Venetian glass. Notes. Bibliography. Index
