The Antique Art |
Maria Rosa
Canciani
Owner of a lab of Artistic glass windows in Ravenna, offers the
opportunity to learn the tecnique of glass-making attending weekly courses where, besides
the tecnique, it is possible to learn the history of this art along with guided visits to
the most significant historical monuments. |
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Ravenna is an historic city situated between Florence and Venice. In its
2000 year history, Ravenna was the last capital of the Western Roman Empire (5th C.A.D)
and the principal centre of Byzantine civilization in Italy (6th - 8 th C. A.D)
Today Ravenna is known world-wide on account of its unique artistic heritage |
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| Tiffany Louis
Confort (New York 1848-1933), painter and glassworker, was among the main
American representatives of Art Nuveau. He founded a glasswork and in 1893 he invented a
type of blown glass characterized by irridiscent reflexs, decorated with watermark and
coloured patinas which was used to realise vases, lamps and stained glass windows. |
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| Introduction
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The art of stained
glass flourished in the century with the advent of the Roman architecture and the
construction of big cathedrals.
In Italy the Art of glass making achieved great results above all in Umbria
and Toscany: the most striking examples can be found in the cathedral of Orvieto
ant in the churches of Santa Croce e Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence.
Among the Italian artists that produced stained glass windows in the XII and XVI century
there were Duccio di Buoninsegna and Lorenzo Ghibeti, followed later by Perugino,
Donatello, Paolo Uccello e Andrea del Castagno.To
the set of colours used by European artists the hues of pureple, green
dark and yellow were added. The elegant style of late Trecento was also appreciated in the
Renaissance when the northeuropean style imposed a great attention on realistic details.
Although stained glass had been introduced also in the houses-where they represented
mostly the family coat of arms-the production of stained glass windows found its most
effective expression in the sacred art.
The main Italian centers of this development were Bologna in the church
of San Petronio, Venice where Antonio Vivarini and Girolamo Mocetto worked at the
rose-windows of the church Santissimi Giovanni e Paolo and Milan where
the particular structure of the Cathedral exhibited the painted glasses realized by
Michelino da Besozzo e Nicoḷ da Venezia. |
| Courses / Workshops |
Since many years we
organize courses on stained glass techniques.
Students from all countries of world partecipate in our classes and usually their ages
vary from 20 to 60. The lessons are taught by qualified teachers (included Maria
Rosa Canciani) with a long experience on three-dimentional objects, panels,
furniture decoration and windows with stained glass.
During the workshop we can offer you a great variety of ideas to furnish your house, to
realize ambitious and interesting suggestion for objects that you can do youselves.
If you need further info on our courses click here. |
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