It combines the traditional gaiety of Venetian glass with a feeling that is entirely of the twentieth century [...]. It has two of the characteristics that are mentioned in Vitruvius’s formula, it has ‘delight’ and it has ‘flavor’[...].
It could only have been made today; it takes liberties with traditional design that would have been impossible even a generation ago.
It is undogmatic and it is amused.
The extraordinary success of Fontana ArteOver a period of thirty years, Fontana Arte became the most widely admired company specialising in the use of glass for lighting and furniture, characterised by a modern concept and perfect workmanship. The architects who were its art directors were Gio Ponti,...
The complete works of the most famous 20th-century Venetian glass makers
From the late 1940s and throughout the '50s, the enormous success of Venini design was one of the principal reasons for the explosion of international interest in Venetian glass.
Edited by: Franco Deboni
2007, Due volumi in cofanetto, 536pp., 867ill.
ISBN: 9788842215240 € 150,00