Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect

GlasswasviewedasrawmaterialforexperimentandresearchbythefamousVenetianarchitectCarloScarpa,whofeltthechallengeofthisvastlysuggestiveage-oldart.Thevolumeisthefirstcatalogueraisonneandtheentireindexoftheoverfourhundredartisticglasspiecesexecutedbythegreatarchitectbetween1927and1947fortheMuranoglassmakingfirmsofGiacomoCappellinandPaoloVenini.Theworksrepresentanimportantpartoftheearlyyearsofhisactivity:overthreehundredpieces,oftenuniqueprototypes,theyshowScarpa'sexceptionaldesigninginventivenessandanincrediblevarietyoftypologiesanddecorativetypes,fromthe"lattimi"(milk-whiteopaqueglass)to...