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For thousands of years, artisans have explored the endless possibilities offered byglass.
Have you ever wondered how this whimsical art form has evolved?
How is glass made?
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In the third millennium BCE, ancient Egyptians began crafting cobalt-blue beads using a method comparable to core forming.
Using this technique, they produced opaque (not transparent), handheldvesselsdesigned to hold perfumed oils.
Theciocchehas come to typify Murano glass, a genre of glassmaking known for its innovation and beauty.
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Contemporary Glass Art
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Contemporary glassmakerscontinue to keep the age-old tradition alive.
And some simplyshatter the boundaries of glassmakingwith their innovative techniques.
Group of Beads, 2nd Century CE(Photo:The Cleveland Museum of ArtPublic Domain)
“War” detail from “The Standard of Ur,” 2600-2400 BCE(Photo:Wikimedia CommonsPublic Domain)
Mosaic glass bowl fragment, 2nd–mid-1st century BCE(Photo:The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic Domain)
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Jabir ibn Hayyan Geber, Arabian alchemist(Photo:Wellcome CollectionCC BY 4.0)
Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, France(Stock Photosfrom javarman/Shutterstock)
Ca' Rezzonico, Venice – Murano glass chandelier with twenty lights in two rows, decorated with flowers in bright colored glass, produced in the mid-eighteenth century by Giuseppe Briati’s studio in Murano(Photo:Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 4.0)
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