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This beautifully illustrated volume presents sixty-eight objects from one of the world's finest collections of post-classical glass--including such marvels as glass imitating rock-crystal and other semi-precious stones, glass formed into large and intricate shapes, and glass decorated with engraving, enameling, gilding, and carving. Each object is painstakingly described and a series of essays provide a wealth of background information.… (meer)
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Considering the short life [of glass] due to its fragility, one cannot and must not give it too much love, and one must use it and understand it as an example of the life of man and of the things of this world, which, though beautiful, are transitory and frail.
--VANNOCCIO BlRlNGUCCIO, De la pirotechnia
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In his Natural History, Pliny recounts that glass was first made in Syria by merchants dealing in natural soda, who landed their ship on the banks of the Belus River and began to prepare a meal.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
This beautifully illustrated volume presents sixty-eight objects from one of the world's finest collections of post-classical glass--including such marvels as glass imitating rock-crystal and other semi-precious stones, glass formed into large and intricate shapes, and glass decorated with engraving, enameling, gilding, and carving. Each object is painstakingly described and a series of essays provide a wealth of background information.
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