The art of heating fine sand, sodium calcium and a few minerals and rolling it into glass was invented by the ancient Phoenicians. Around about the 7th century an Italian navigator brought the process ...

You might say that Murano glass is sort of like cryptocurrency: Everyone talks about it, but nobody knows where it comes from. In fact, true Murano art glass is made in Italy and is likely to be ...

Seth Doane has found a true GLASS ACT, just across the water from Venice: The furnaces glow orange and belch heat. And at around 3,000 degrees, something almost magical takes place: a sand mixture ...

A new generation of artisans is adding to the long history of the Italian craft, known for its strange shapes, odd colors and secretive techniques. Contemporary Murano-inspired works, clockwise from ...

In Venice, a city known for its robust glassmaking history, the Gallerie dell'Accademia is home to *The Annunciation*, an Italian Renaissance painting by Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) depicting the scene ...

Born in the Italian town of Brescia, Roberto Beltrami grew up just a few hours’ drive from Venice and the island of Murano, world-famous for producing beautiful glassware. But it was nearly 4,000 ...

MURANO, Italy — There has been an unusual silence within the world-famous glass factories of this Venetian island. On a late December day, at the site of the largest producer, all that could be heard ...