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Figure 17 baleen arch spectacles with green sun lenses. Vascellari Collection OAR19, Venice

Venice, Glass and Spectacles Part II

by Loredana Giacomini|May, 30 2021|arts and crafts

After spectacles were first invented in Venice, how did shape, wearing and colour change over the centuries? How did knowledge about glasses develop, when did they stop being linked to scholars, becoming pretty Rococo objects worn by high-society people?

Figure 4 Nicholas of Rouen, photography from a giant poster. From the cycle in the Chapter house (currently being restored) in the Dominican Convent in Treviso. Eyewear Museum, Pieve di Cadore

Venice, Glass and Spectacles Part I

by Loredana Giacomini|March, 30 2021|arts and crafts, Dominicans, history, painting

Where were glasses invented? Who produced them originally? Where did production begin? Venice played a leading role in the matter, as can be found out below.