glass

July 21, 2015
thegetty : A Roman glass fish flask made in the 200s.

June 2, 2015
Italian architect and designer Carlo Scarpa was born on 2 June 1906 in Venice.

October 19, 2014
NYTimes: Murano, Italy, Still Sparkling After 700 Years

September 3, 2014
philamuseum : Staff Pick: Murano glass musicians on view in gallery 271.

August 10, 2014
philamuseum : New in gallery 271: “ Reinventing Italy’s Decorative Arts: Velvets and Glass from the Interwar Era ” explores Italy’s arts and cultural scene in the 1920s and 1930s through costumes, textiles, and glass objects from the Museum’s collection.

July 3, 2014
thegetty : Form and function play together in this grape-shaped oinochoe, meaning “wine pourer.” Blue Grape-Cluster Pitcher, A.D. 1 – 100, Roman.

May 20, 2014
With over 200 works by the greatest 20th-century Italian glassmakers, the collection of Dimitri Levas will be auctioned today at Wright’s in Chicago .