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The Life and Times of 17th Century Glassmaker Antonio Neri
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Friday, October 30, 2015
Witch’s Brew of Glass
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Glass pumpkin evocative of chalcedony glass Courtesy of Smithsonian Museum store . In honor of Halloween, we will take a detailed...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Neri and The Inquisition
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Insignia of the Inquisition, 1574. The mandate of the Catholic Church's inquisition was to stamp out heresy. Although empowered to ...
Monday, October 26, 2015
Solid Water
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Photo of Hawaiian waves (c) by Clark Little . In the ancient world, certain natural materials commanded a premium and rock crystal wa...
Friday, October 23, 2015
Black is Beautiful
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Black glass cameo vase, c. 1900 Thomas Webb. Antonio Neri was a technical adept, a student of alchemical history and a glassmaker extr...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
San Giovanni
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"Florence - Church of San Giovanni, the Baptistry", Photo: Giacomo Brogi (1822-1881). The San Giovanni Baptistery stands in ...
Monday, October 19, 2015
Pirates!
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Sea fight with Barbary corsairs, c. 1581 Lorenzo Castro. In the early seventeenth century, moving goods and travelers around the wo...
Friday, October 16, 2015
Alessandro Neri
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Ecce Homo by Titian, circa 1570-1576 Antonio Neri was the son of a royal physician and the grandson of a well respected barber-surgeon...
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