The prehistoric man surely knew the glass as a natural product such as: the solidified lava and the obsidian which could be found in abundance in the Mediterranean basin. It is supposed that the first form of glass came into life in Mesopotamia towards the third millennium b.C.. The objects produced in this period are [...]
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Sculpture:
In the first decades of 1900s, the sculptural art in the tradition of Murano glass is shown. Unlike other material, the glass sculpture is very difficult because it it absolutely impossible for the glass master to touch the hot worked material.
The Lamp work:
The lamp work allows to obtain very light objects with details of great [...]
From historical evidences it is sure that already in the Roman period a thriving textile production in Padua existed. During the Middle Ages, the leading of production was in Verona, while, Padua, was specialized in the production of flax and cotton. In the fourteenth century, an horizontal loom was introduced and it allowed to obtain [...]
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The Ceramic in the Veneto Region:
The first traces of pottery manufacturing in Veneto date back to prehistoric times, in fact, a lot of Roman and Venetian paleolithic finds can be admired at the archaeological museum of Adria located in the Province of Rovigo. The production of pottery in the period of the Serenissima was developed [...]
