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The Life and Times of 17th Century Glassmaker Antonio Neri
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Monday, July 1, 2019
Veins of the Earth
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Antonio Neri, "The Mineral Gold" Neri 1598-1600 (Ferguson 67), f. 5r. Over a decade before Antonio Neri wrote L’Arte Ve...
Friday, June 28, 2019
The Man Who Liked Books Too Much
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Broadway Tower, Worcestershire. The home of Phillipps' Middle Hill Press In 1612, Antonio Neri published his famous book on glassm...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
The Paracelsans
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Image of Paracelsus In the late sixteenth century, the writings of an obscure physician started to become very popular around Europe. B...
Monday, June 24, 2019
Glass Pearls
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Johannes Vermeer "Girl with a pearl earring" (1665-6) Natural pearls, found inside various seashells, have been prized an...
Friday, June 21, 2019
Fall from Grace
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In 1790, two centuries after the life of glassmaker Antonio Neri, his name appeared in an unlikely place: in the annotations of a Swedis...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Neri's Other Ruby Glass
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Rhodochrosite, from the Sweet Home Mine, Colorado. Antonio Neri is widely recognized for publishing a recipe for the coveted and diffic...
Monday, June 17, 2019
The Glassmaker and the Astronomer
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Portrait of Galileo Galilei, 1636 (detail), by Justus Sustermans (1597-1681). Galileo Galilei lived almost simultaneously with glas...
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