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The Glassmaker

Author : Tracy Chevalier
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525558284
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book The Glassmaker written by Tracy Chevalier and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This charming fable is at once a love story that skips through six centuries, and also a love song to the timeless craft of glassmaking. Chevalier probes the fierce rivalries and enduring loyalties of Murano's glass dynasties, capturing the roar of the furnace, the sweat on the skin, and the glittering beauty of Venetian glass.” – Geraldine Brooks, author of Horse From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glassmakers from the height of Renaissance-era Italy to the present day. It is 1486 and Venice is a wealthy, opulent center for trade. Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers on Murano, the island revered for the craft. As a woman, she is not meant to work with glass—but she has the hands for it, the heart, and a vision. When her father dies, she teaches herself to make glass beads in secret, and her work supports the Rosso family fortunes. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, in a Venice where time moves as slowly as molten glass, we follow Orsola and her family as they live through creative triumph and heartbreaking loss, from a plague devastating Venice to Continental soldiers stripping its palazzos bare, from the domination of Murano and its maestros to the transformation of the city of trade into a city of tourists. In every era, the Rosso women ensure that their work, and their bonds, endure. Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is as inventive as it is spellbinding: a mesmerizing portrait of a woman, a family, and a city as everlasting as their glass.

The Glassmaker's Helper

Author : Darie McCoy
Publisher : Darie McCoy
ISBN 13 : 1961999099
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book The Glassmaker's Helper written by Darie McCoy and published by Darie McCoy. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world of the blessed the unblessed, the Glassmaker proclaims the gifts of those in the realm with their reading of the sparks. They are the only ones with the ability to work the glass and declare the goddess’s blessing. Generations before Ophelia was born, her birth was prophesied. The Enchantress proclaimed that a blessed girl child would restore honor to the Leander line. However, when she was presented to the Glassmaker to learn of her blessing, she was turned away. Many Winters passed and Ophelia remained unblessed. Until she and her brothers journeyed to Thistledown. Rylan, the Glassmaker of Thistledown is able to do what none other before him had achieved. He read Ophelia’s blessing in the sparks. The gift from the goddess so rare, Rylan fears for her safety. Knowing the potential danger, he agrees to travel with Ophelia and her brothers on a quest to help her learn to use her blessing to its fullest potential. The two are drawn together by an inexplicable bond that neither can ignore. As they trek across the realm from his home to hers, they are unable to deny their attraction. While danger lurks, they must reach the Keeper of the Blessings before it’s too late. Can Ophelia navigate her new blessing and help restore her family’s honor? Can the bond between her and Rylan survive the obstacles before them? Together, can they bring about a change to the realm which hasn’t been seen in centuries?

The Glassmaker's Daughter

Author : Dianne Hofmeyr
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 178603381X
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Glassmaker's Daughter written by Dianne Hofmeyr and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniela the glassmaker's daughter is grumpy and never smiles. Her father promises a beautiful glass palace to anyone who can make her laugh. People come from far and wide to try their luck in amusing Daniela. But mask makers, lion tamers and magicians cannot raise a smile from the princess. It is only when a young apprentice makes the first looking glass that Daniela learns to smile – at her own grumpy reflection! This beautiful fable set in sixteenth-century Venice features stunning illustrations from award-winning artist Jane Ray alongside a poetic text. Named one of Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year, 2018!

The Glassmaker's Daughter

Author : Donna Russo Morin
Publisher : Next Chapter
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book The Glassmaker's Daughter written by Donna Russo Morin and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was the only woman in Venice who knew the secret...and it made her a criminal. The Murano glassmakers of Venice are celebrated and revered. But now three of them are dead, killed for attempting to leave the city that both prizes their work and keeps them prisoners. For in the 17th century, the secret of their craft must, by law, never leave Venetian shores. Yet there is someone who keeps the secret while defying tradition. She is Sophia Fiolario, and she, too, is a glassmaker. Her crime is being a woman. Sophia knows her family would be crushed by scandal - or worse - if the truth of her knowledge and skill with the glass were revealed. But there has never been any threat...until now. A wealthy nobleman with strong connections to the powerful Doge has requested Sophia's hand in marriage, and her refusal could draw dangerous attention. Yet to accept, to no longer make the glass, would devastate her. If there is an escape, Sophia intends to find it. Between creating precious glass parts for one Professore Galileo Galilei's astonishing invention and attending lavish parties at the Doge's Palace, Sophia crosses paths with influential people, including one who could change her life forever. But in Venice, every secret has its price. Soon, Sophia must decide how much she is willing to pay for her family, the glass, and love.

The Glass Maker's Daughter

Author : V. Briceland
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 9780738714240
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book The Glass Maker's Daughter written by V. Briceland and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic lies at heart of the medieval city of Cassaforte, and when the magic begins to unravel, corruption threatens the kingdom. As she battles against dark forces, Risa's untapped powers rise to the surface, leading her toward her true fate.

Stephen Rolfe Powell

Author : Stephen Rolfe Powell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813127106
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Stephen Rolfe Powell written by Stephen Rolfe Powell and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world-class colorist of international standing in modern glass, Stephen Rolfe Powell creates his work in a quiet outpost of rural Kentucky. His art and his life bridge other such divides. The radiant murrini skins of his glass vessels have an old Italian pedigree, yet his making techniques are radically American in their dramatic individuality. He is an award-winning classroom professor and a generous ambassador for glass, yet he is at the same time so uncompromising in his dedication to his creative work that he stands among modern glass's most nuanced seekers after the eternally sensual and elusive mysteries of light and color. An illustrated chronicle of Powell's glass-blowing career, this book charts the evolution of Powell's remarkable body of work. Dazzling photographic close-ups detail the luminous murrini patterns that have become Powell's signature and reveal new ways of appreciating the complex interplay of color and texture in his art. Biographical and analytical essays by Mark Lucas, Laurie Winters, and James Yood explore such topics as the teamwork that is critical to Powell's unique glass making process; his teaching and learning experiences on the road, from the former Soviet Union to Salt Lake City during the Olympics; and the story of the two freak injuries that deeply affected his work and how he thinks about it. Reflections by Kenn Holsten, Marvin Lipofsky, Dante Marioni, Bonnie Marx, John Roush, and Lino Tagliapietra further supplement the book. The book's stunning photographs encourage the viewer to see Powell's work from different viewpoints, highlighting the unique interactions of transparent, opaque, and translucent glass and Powell's bold color combinations. Stephen Rolfe Powell: Glassmaker vividly portrays the tension and excitement involved in the artist's nontraditional, team approach to working with molten glass.

The Glassmakers

Author : Samuel Kurinsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Glassmakers written by Samuel Kurinsky and published by . This book was released on 1990-12-31 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The religious and ethical contribution of the Judaism to civilization has been rightly acknowledged. The seminal role the Jews have played in the technological evolution of civilization has been largely overlooked." "This remarkable book uses the history of glassmaking as a foil with which new light is shed on the hidden history of that phenomenally creative people. During his association with the glassmakers of Venice, the author uncovered an intriguing historical symbiosis between the Jews and the art of glassmaking. The revelation impelled him to launch an intensive, eight-year campaign of research which led him across three continents and through 4000 years of human history. He discovered that the vitric arts, conceived in Akkadia among the progenitors of the Jews, was subsequently borne by the Jews into the Diaspora, an enthralling historical odyssey which has never been told in its entirety." "Many myths are shattered in the course of following the adventurous path of the art from its Akkadian roots through Canaan, Egypt, Rome, Persia, China and the West. Drawing upon a wealth of archeological, Biblical, archival and historical material, an intense beam of light is cast into the darker recesses of history in which conquered peoples suffer the indignity of having the record of their accomplishments obliterated by their conquerors, a process the author terms "Institutionalized Obfuscation."" "The peculiar parallelism between the movement of the Jews and the vitric arts bears historical connotations which stretch far beyond glassmaking; the very foundation upon which classic versions of history is based is demolished by the revelations which erupt from the pages of the book."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Conciatore

Author : Heiden & Engle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780974352954
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Conciatore written by Heiden & Engle and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-21 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Crystal - Book 1 in the Glassmakers Saga

Author : Donna Baker
Publisher : Acorn Digital Press
ISBN 13 : 190912236X
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Crystal - Book 1 in the Glassmakers Saga written by Donna Baker and published by Acorn Digital Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Last Runaway

Author : Tracy Chevalier
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101606649
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Last Runaway written by Tracy Chevalier and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard Tracy Chevalier makes her first fictional foray into the American past in The Last Runaway, bringing to life the Underground Railroad and illuminating the principles, passions and realities that fueled this extraordinary freedom movement. Honor Bright, a modest English Quaker, moves to Ohio in 1850--only to find herself alienated and alone in a strange land. Sick from the moment she leaves England, and fleeing personal disappointment, she is forced by family tragedy to rely on strangers in a harsh, unfamiliar landscape. Nineteenth-century America is practical, precarious, and unsentimental, and scarred by the continuing injustice of slavery. In her new home Honor discovers that principles count for little, even within a religious community meant to be committed to human equality. However, Honor is drawn into the clandestine activities of the Underground Railroad, a network helping runaway slaves escape to freedom, where she befriends two surprising women who embody the remarkable power of defiance. Eventually she must decide if she too can act on what she believes in, whatever the personal costs.

Edward Drummond Libbey, American Glassmaker

Author : Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786485485
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Edward Drummond Libbey, American Glassmaker written by Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Drummond Libbey was a glassmaker, industrialist, artist, innovator and art collector. Both practical and creative, he forever changed the glass industry with the automatic bottle-making machine and automatic sheet glass machine. This work examines the long career of Libbey, particularly his innovation of American flint cut glass, his contributions to the middle-class American table through affordable glassware, and his enormous art glass and painting collections, which eventually formed the basis for the Toledo Museum of Art's collection. Libbey single-handedly revolutionized glassmaking, a craft which had gone virtually unchanged for 2000 years.

Falcon in the Glass

Author : Susan Fletcher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442429917
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Falcon in the Glass written by Susan Fletcher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eleven-year-old Renzo must teach himself to blow glass with the help of a girl who has a mysterious connection to her falcon"--

A Thousand Glass Flowers

Author : Evan Turk
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 153441035X
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book A Thousand Glass Flowers written by Evan Turk and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This gorgeous and empowering picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Evan Turk paints the portrait of Marietta Barovier, the groundbreaking Renaissance artisan who helped shape the future of Venetian glassmaking. Marietta and her family lived on the island of Murano, near Venice, as all glassmakers did in the early Renaissance. Her father, Angelo Barovier, was a true maestro, a master of glass. Marietta longed to create gorgeous glass too, but glass was men’s work. One day her father showed her how to shape the scalding-hot material into a work of art, and Marietta was mesmerized. Her skills grew and grew. Marietta worked until she created her own unique glass bead: the rosetta. Small but precious, the beautiful beads grew popular around the world and became as valuable as gold. The young girl who was once told she could not create art was now the woman who would leave her mark on glasswork for centuries to come.

The Glassmakers, Revisited

Author : Jack K. Paquette
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1450075436
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Glassmakers, Revisited written by Jack K. Paquette and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Its corporate name is hardly a household word, yet Owens-Illinois, Inc., located near a small town in northwestern Ohio, is the world's largest manufacturer of the glass bottles and jars used to provide food, beverages and medicines every day to millions of people around the globe. Unlike most corporate histories, The Glassmakers, Revisited, is a page turner....a book filled with illuminating facts and interesting anecdotes about the company that became a global giant due to the mechanical genius of Michael J. Owens, who, in 1903, invented a machine to blow bottles, automatically, and Edward D. Libbey, the astute glassmaker who bankrolled him.

The Secret of the Glass

Author : Donna Russo Morin
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 0758226926
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book The Secret of the Glass written by Donna Russo Morin and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of "The Courtier's Secret" comes a dazzling historical novel that takes readers into the secret and fascinating world of the legendary Murano glassmakers in 17th-century Venice.

Shatterglass (The Circle Opens #4)

Author : Tamora Pierce
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545405882
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Shatterglass (The Circle Opens #4) written by Tamora Pierce and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breathtaking conclusion of the popular fantasy quartet by acclaimed author Tamora Pierce.Kethlun Warder was a gifted glassmaker until his world was shattered in a freak accident. Now his remaining glass-magic is mixed with lightning, and Tris must teach him to control it (if she can teach him to control his temper first). But there's more at stake than Keth's education. With his strange magic, he creates glass balls which reflect the immediate past and expose the work of a murderer. If he can harness his power properly, he'll be able to see the crimes as they take place. Keth and Tris race against time and the local authorities to identify a killer who's living in plain sight.

Chemical Analysis for Glassmakers

Author : Edward Carl Uhlig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Chemical Analysis for Glassmakers written by Edward Carl Uhlig and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: