#books #art | Venetian glass by Carlo Scarpa : the Venini company 1932-1947

Venetian glass by Carlo Scarpa : the Venini company 1932-1947 / [edited by] Marino Barovier ; [photographs Ettore Bellini, Francesco Barasciutti].
Skira [etc.], Milano [etc.] : 2013
489 p. : il.
Catálogo de la exposición del mismo tít. celebrada en el Metropolitan Museum of Art de Nueva York del 5 de noviembre del 2013 al 2 de marzo de 2014.
ISBN 9788857220802
Arte del vidrio -- Italia.
Cristalería.
Scarpa, Carlo, 1906-1978 -- Exposiciones.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-748 VEN
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1788496~S1*spi

A splendid catalogue devoted to the work of an artist who was responsible for some of the most original glass artworks in art history. Through around 300 works, documents, and original drawings from private collections and museums from all over the world, this important volume reconstructs the work and life of Carlo Scarpa from the very beginnings of his career when he worked as artistic director for the Venini glassworks, between 1932 and 1947. It is no coincidence that Scarpa’s glasswork can be organized into no less than thirty distinct styles, differentiated by the technique of execution and the glass construction method used. We need only think of the corrosi (corroded), in which the material is attacked and eaten into by sawdust soaked in hydrofluoric acid.