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The Renaissance saw a transformation of the Venetian glass industry, with increased demand for luxury goods and technological change as a social process. This book examines the demand, production, and distribution of glass and glassmaking technology during this period, and evaluates several key topics, including the nature of Renaissance demand for certain luxury goods, the interaction between industry and government in the Renaissance, and technological change as a social process.
The transformation of the Venetian glass industry during the Renaissance was not only a technical phenomena, but also a social one. In this volume, Patrick McCray examines the demand, production and distribution of glass and glassmaking technology during this period and evaluates several key topics, including the nature of Renaissance demand for certain luxury goods, the interaction between industry and government in the Renaissance, and technological change as a social process. McCray places in its broader economic and cultural context a craft and industry that has been traditionally viewed primarily through the surviving artefacts held in museum collections.
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