ART. MURANO GLASS
the secret of Murano glass, which was invented more than 2000 years ago
Sometimes, looking at the works of man, understand that the genius of creativity and skill know no limits of perfection. This thought comes to mind when I see creations created from #14 to#Murano glass. These mosaic products are collected from small glass fragments @- Murin, and then fused together under high temperature and formed a master-стеклодувом in an unusually beautiful vessels, objects and decorations.
Amazing in its characteristics, Murano glass is @- the most plastic, the most malleable type of this material. His secret formula composition allows to implement even the most daring fantasies glassblowers-художников in the most bizarre and unpredictable shapes.
And she millefiori (мillefiori) @- the so-called technique in which this glass is used in Italian meaning" тысяча colors"," цветочный meadow".
So for centuries, skillfully created by Murano glass in this technique, was equal to the jewellery. They all kind of resembled semi-precious stones: agate, carnelian, chalcedony.
a Bit of history
in Fairness it should be noted that although millefiori originated and developed in Italy, however, Ancient Egypt rightfully belongs to the championship in the invention and creation of mosaic glass with flower pattern. Another wizard-стеклодувы Alexandria in the II century BC, learned to smelt such a special miracle. And only in the first century BC these melting technologies were borrowed by the Romans.
the peak of popularity of Murano glass, named after the island of Murano, located near Venice, reached in the thirteenth century. It was on this island was at that time established the production of this amazing material, and melting out of him the strange glass objects.
And several centuries before the wizard-стекольщики worked in Venice itself. But since the development and expansion of production was directly connected with fire, which threatened the permanent fires, Venetian authorities decide to make the first workshops outside the city, and later on the outlying island. It was from that time Murano for five centuries, becoming a center of production of the famous Venetian glass.
However, in the history of Murano glass-making was not only UPS but also downs. So in the XVIII century Venice was occupied by French troops, was forced to close the glassworks. And curiously, the technique of blown Murano glass in those days was kept strictly secret, the disclosure of which is ruthlessly punished by death. Therefore, in the intricacies of this unique method were devoted to quite a few. This was the main reason that the old technology was very quickly lost.
Its revival and new take-off glass manufacture had to endure since the mid-nineteenth century, thanks to the enthusiasm of a lawyer from Vicenza. Antonio Salviati was the name of the initiator, was founded in Murano, the plant that started to produce products according to traditional Venetian recipes. And the new masters of the revived style and perfected the lost technology.
By the end of the nineteenth century all the secrets for the production of mosaic glass was declassified, and articles in the technique of millefiori was produced not only by the Italians. The British and French first adopted the experience and established their production, and then millefiori acquired considerable popularity not only in Europe but worldwide.
Source: https://kulturologia.EN/blogs/260219/42337/
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