Murano: The history of Venetian glass-blowing

by Alessandro Marzo Magno

Overview

When you think of the Venetian Island of Murano, glass immediately springs to mind. The history of glass has been interwoven with this island since 1290, when the Most Serene Republic of Venice ordered the transfer of all glass production to Murano to ensure that the whole of Venice would not go up in flames if a furnace were to catch fire. Since then, for over 720 years Murano has been linked to this curious, almost paradoxical substance: it is both solid and liquid. This book tell us the history of this special wonderfull glass.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788898475759
Publisher:	VandA ePublishing
Publication date:	12/08/2013
Sold by:	eDigita
Format:	eBook
Pages:	79
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Alessandro Marzo Magno (Venice,1962) graduated university with a major in history and journalism. Posted in the Balkans from 1991 to 2001, during the conflict that ravaged the former Yugoslavia, he then worked in various newspapers, including the weekly Il Diario, where he directed Foreign Affairs for over ten years. Marzo Magno has published over 10 books of non fiction, including The Dawn of Books: when Venice allowed the world to read (Garzanti, 2012), translated into English and Korean; The Invention of Money. When the finance spoke Italian (Garzanti, 2013). Married with two children, he enjoys fine wine, good food and good books.