Flora ad infinitum: Blühende Perlenkunst in Venedig und der Welt / Fiori di perline a Venezia e nel mondo

Georg Ragnar Levi

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Flora ad infinitum

Blühende Perlenkunst in Venedig und der Welt / Fiori di perline a Venezia e nel mondo

Georg Ragnar Levi
Photographs by: Edvard Koinberg

Overview

About this book

Bilingual edition German / Italian

Glimmering glass beads can be threaded onto thin wire and shaped into flowers - a historical handcraft based in Venice and its famous Murano glass. In this lavishly illustrated book, Georg Ragnar Levi tells the fascinating story of how beaded flowers came to be loved and despised - and at one point in history even banned. So-called French beaded flowers were created in homes, convents, prisons, and workshops, and were used for ornamental and symbolic purposes at baptisms, weddings, and funerals.

The author guides us through the history, techniques, materials, and personal stories behind the craft, showing how the demand for wreaths and bouquets in the early 1900s became the bread and butter of many families in Europe and made the glassworks of Murano and Bohemia prosper.

Edizione bilingue – Tedesco/Italiano

Quella dei fiori di perline è un’arte antica e straordinaria, di origine veneziana; una manualità che pareva perduta, ma che sopravvive nel tempo. Le fioriture perenni sono realizzate con minute perline di vetro di Murano e boeme, montate su un finissimo filo di ferro.

Le recensioni definiscono il volume riccamente illustrato di Georg Ragnar Levi "una rivelazione". L’autore conduce con naturalezza il lettore attraverso la storia, le tecniche, i materiali e i racconti personali che accompagnano le creazioni floreali.

Translation into German / Traduzione in tedesco: Klaus-Jürgen Liedtke

Translation into Italian / Traduzione in italiano: Carmen Giogetti Cima　

Author / Editor information

Georg Ragnar Levi, author, science journalist and collector; images by Edvard Koinberg.

Reviews

„In diesem schön bebilderten Buch widmet sich der Autor ganz ausführlich dem Werden dieser außergewöhnlichen Perlenkunstwerke, anno dazumal und heute. Wer möchte, könnte dank der exakten Beschreibung sofort selbst damit loslegen solch unvergängliche Blumen zu erschaffen [...]" (In Sammler Journal, 02.2022)

„Der Maestro der Perlen [...] In seinem Buch ‚Flora ad infinitum‘ führt uns Georg Ragnar Levi durch Historie, Techniken, Materialien und erzählt die Geschichten hinter diesen floralen Kreationen.“ (in Lisa Romance, 01.2022)

Topics

(Deutsch)

Languages: German, Italian
Publisher: Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV)
Audience: amateurs of glass-beading, crafts, applied arts, art historians and collectors
Pages
- Main content: 216
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 186
Keywords: Glaskunst; Angewandte Kunst; Murano; Volkskunst

Hardcover

Published: August 2, 2021
ISBN: 9783422985469