Cultural and Artistic Relationships Between the Two Coasts of Adriatic: the Dalmatian Glassmakers On The Island of Murano Cover Image

Relazioni culturali e artistiche tra le due sponde Dell’adriatico: i vetrai Dalmati sull’isola di Murano
Cultural and Artistic Relationships Between the Two Coasts of Adriatic: the Dalmatian Glassmakers On The Island of Murano

Author(s): Lovorka Čoralić
Subject(s): Cultural history, Social history, 15th Century, 16th Century
Published by: Историјски институт Црне Горe
Keywords: Venice; Serenissima; Dalmatia; Murano; glassmakers; the Dragan and Ballarin families; migration

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to investigate the presence and activity of Dalmatian glassmakers on the island of Murano during the Middle Ages and early modern times. With this contribution, the author continues her research on the presence and activities of immigrants on the eastern Adriatic coast on the islands of the Venice lagoon. After the introductory part which briefly mentions the origins of the presence of the glassmakers who arrived in Murano from Dalmatia and northern Croatia, the paper focuses on the two most well-known families of glass artisans from Dalmatia - the Dragan and the Ballarin

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 241-254
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Italian