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Original Treatises, Dating From the Xiith to the Xviiith Centuries, [o]n the Arts of Painting (v. 1)
Original Treatises Dating From the Xiith to the Xviiith Centuries n the Arts of Painting - o - v. 1 Author:Mary P. Merrifield Subtitle: In Oil, Miniature, Mosaic, and on Glass; of Gilding, Dyeing, and the Preparation of Colours and Artificial Gems; Preceded by a General Introduction; With Translations, Prefaces, and Notes. by Mrs. Merrifield, ... in Two Volumes Volume: v. 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1849 Original Publisher: Joh... more »n Murray, Albemarle Street Subjects: Painting Artists' materials Art / General Art / History / General Art / Techniques / Painting Art / Techniques / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV. GLASS. § 1. Early History of Painting on Glass in Italy. While the history of painting on glass has been studied in France and Germany, where it has been illustrated by the works of Le Vieil, Langlois, Thibaud, La- steyrie, and of Fathers Martin and Cahier, its rise and progress in Italy has been but little investigated. A sufficient reason for this may perhaps be found in the superiority of the glass painters of France and Germany1 over those of Italy in all the mechanical parts of the art, as well as in the fact that all the improvements introduced into this branch of painting may be traced to the northern nations, who in their turn are represented to have received their first instruction from the East.8 It might be supposed from the celebrity of the glass works at Murano, that the Venetians would have excelled in this art, but this has not been the case; the art of painting on glass was but little practised by them,3 and the glass manufactured at Murano was found too opaque for this purpose.4 Still the art was occasionally practised in Italy, sometimes by native artists, who employed their skill either on Venetian glass, or on glass manufactured for the ...« less