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The Life and Times of 17th Century Glassmaker Antonio Neri
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Lake of Flowers
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'The Miracle of the Immobility of Santa Lucia' Leandro Bassano, using Florentine lakes. In the final part of Antonio Neri...
Monday, October 31, 2016
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...
Friday, October 28, 2016
Galileo and Glass
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Portrait of Galileo Galilei, 1636 (detail), by Justus Sustermans (1597-1681). Galileo Galilei lived almost simultaneously with glassma...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2016
San Giovanni
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"Florence - Church of San Giovanni, the Baptistry", Photo: Giacomo Brogi (1822-1881). The San Giovanni Baptistery stands ...
Monday, October 24, 2016
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 ...
Friday, October 21, 2016
Solid Water
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Rock crystal cup , around 1550, Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (click to enlarge) In the ancient world, certain natura...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
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...
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