Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917 [Hardcover]

Sheldon Barr (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 10, 2008

This is the first comprehensive book on Venetian mosaics of the nineteenth century. It illustrates work by both the Salviati Company and the Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Company. A carefully researched work, Venetian Glass addresses the revival of the art of Venetian mosaic making in the mid-nineteenth century and discusses the complicity of both Antonio Salviati and Sir Austen Henry Layard in that revival. It is a comprehensive work, illustrating Salviati's earliest surviving mosaics, the 1860 mosaic decoration of the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore and continuing through his company's last commission, the Stanford Memorial Church in Palo Alto, California. The recovered art of Venetian mosaic in the late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century is now seen as one of the most important aesthetic achievements of the Victorian-Edwardian era. Neglected and unappreciated for decades, surviving mosaics are being cleaned and restored worldwide. Whether highly visible monuments in major cities or small

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About the Author

Sheldon Barr, a graduate of Columbia College, has been a dealer and collector in the art glass field since 1967. Barr has written extensively on the subject.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist (June 10, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1851495487
• ISBN-13: 978-1851495481
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,320,741 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful book full of great information, June 15, 2000

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Dr. Angela M. Bowey "Angela glass.co.nz" (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Venetian Glass: Confections in Glass 1855-1914 (Hardcover)

This is a lovely book. The pictures are superb and it covers very clearly the history of glass-making in Venice during the late 19th and early 20th century. Major names and companies (Salviati, Seguso, Barovier, Toso, but not Venini) and the main styles of glass are discussed. A must for anyone wanting to know more about the Italian glass of this period. I would have liked to see in index, though. It has the feel of a much more expensive book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A skillfully-written and visually arresting presentation., June 30, 2008

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Andrew Alpern "Attorney and Historian" (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917 (Hardcover)

Sheldon Barr is increasingly skilled in both writing and visual presentation in this addition to his impressive shelf of books and articles. He expands from his previous book on Venetian blown glass to the glass mosaic productions emanating from that city. He has told his story in parallel tracks of the technique and artistry of the medium, and the maneuvering and machinations of the people involved. The combination is lively, entertaining, and informative. As a relative newcomer to this field, I now feel significantly better educated for having read this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars World-Class, June 25, 2008

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environmental realist (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917 (Hardcover)

Readers can read and enjoy this beautiful book with confidence that they are hearing from a true source of knowledge. Sheldon Barr is a widely recognized expert in this and several other fields of fine art, and his opinions are sought by the world's great museums. Fortunately for readers, he combines this knowledge with a felicitous pen, so that the beauty of this art can be even better appreciated. This is a bargain.