Venice, Glass and Spectacles Part I
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.
Contemporary Art in Murano: Glass Works by Lorenzo Passi
Murano is known worldwide as “the island of glass”, but it’s also becoming a center for the creation of contemporary art.
We met up with Lorenzo Passi, a young artist working in Murano who has found glass to be the best medium to express himself in.
Glass Design: from the Furnaces of Murano to Renaissance Canvases (and back)
Let us take a special tour of the Accademia Galleries to discover the beautiful glass objects painted in some masterpieces of the Venetian Renaissance. You will find out that an artist like Veronese is copied by modern designers, and that some very ancient shapes are still produced nowadays in the furnaces of Murano!
Precious transparencies at St. George’s island, Venice
BestVeniceGuides invites you to discover some less known aspects of the island of St. George in Venice: the Glass Rooms and Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Glass Tea House. The Glass Rooms display at the moment Paolo Venini pieces, real works of art blown in Murano. Admire the transparency of the Venetian atmosphere from a totally different point of view!
Cheers! Cin Cin!
An Aperitif is not only a convivial ritual, but also an important part of Italian culture! Discover the fascinating history behind this social ritual, starting from the Italian word for cheers, cin cin up to its advertising in posters, playbills and more!
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