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The Life and Times of 17th Century Glassmaker Antonio Neri
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Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Zaffer
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Antique Apothecary jars, cobalt blue glass. As best as I can remember, the first time that I really noticed glass was at four or f...
Monday, December 31, 2018
Washing Molten Glass
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Washing, sorting and carrying cullet Denis Diderot 1772 One of the continuing frustrations with the study of glassmaker Antonio Ner...
Friday, December 28, 2018
Primordial Matter
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16th century Mining practices, from Agricola, De Re Metallica In the early seventeenth century, Florentine priest Antonio Neri wro...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Cross Pollination
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The art of stonework, from MS Ferguson 67, f. 7r, (1598-1600) Antonio Neri. Throughout the Renaissance, Florence, Italy was famou...
Monday, December 24, 2018
Eyes of a Lynx
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The seal of the Accademia dei Lincei. In the spring of 1612, Florentine priest Antonio Neri published his book on glassmaking. L'A...
Friday, December 21, 2018
The Glassmaker's Salamander
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From Michael Maier's 1617 book of emblems. The salamander was thought to be born of fire. If one can say that hot-glass workers...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Rosichiero Glass
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Sunset over Venice (click image to enlarge) The most famous glass recipe in Antonio Neri’s 1612 book, L'Arte Vetraria , is “#129 ...
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