The Yearning Venetian Glass
Beauty that Traversed Oceans and Time
With Special Exhibits from Corning Museum of Glass
Exhibition Catalogue
2011

This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition as
"The Yearning Venetian Glass"
10 August - 10 October, 2011 / Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo

Publisher: Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo
Hardcover, 199 pages
Size: approx 205mm X 247mm (7.6 inches X 10.2 inches)
Weight: approx 710g

Condition;
Shows some shelf wear,
otherwise this catalogue is in overall Very Good Condition.

Language: English / Japanese

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Venetian Glass and Its Influence in Europe During the Renaissance and Baroque Periods
by Florian Knothe

Nineteenth-Century Imitations of Glass Made in Ancient Rome
by David Whitehouse

Three Japanese Artists Reflect on Their Encounters with Venetian Glass
by Tsuchida Ruriko

Catalogue
150 works,all in color

I, The Rise of Venetian Glass: Technological Exchanges

II, The Venetian Emigration: The Birth of Facon de Venise

III, Venetian and Japanese Glass

IV, The Venetian Revival in 19th Century Italy

V, Venetian Glass Today: Influence on Contemporary Art


Chapter Commentaries
by Tsuchida Ruriko

Selected Bibliography
List of Works

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