by W. Patrick McCray Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Hardcover (September 1999)

Table of Contents

• Illustrations
  
• Tables
  
• Preface
  
• Maps
  
• Introduction
  
• Glass, Ceramics, and Society
  
• The Nature and Limitations of Available Sources of Information
  
• Technological Change and the Role of Consumer Demand
  
• The Plan of this Book
  
• "Masters of the Gold of Christendom": Renaissance Venice, the World Economy, and Luxury Goods
  
• Introduction
  
• Venice in the Renaissance World Economy
  
• Artisans, Guilds, and the Venetian State
  
• The Economic Geography of Venice and Murano
  
• Capitalism, Consumerism, and Conspicuous Consumption
  
• Luxury Goods in the Renaissance Culture and Economy
  
• A Note on the Venetian Monetary System
  
• Master Aldrevandin's World: Glassmaking in Pre-Renaissance Venice
  
• Introduction
  
• Glassmaking in the Past
  
• Early Glassmaking Traditions in the Veneto
  
• Glassmaking in Medieval Venice
  
• The Glassmakers of Medieval Venice and their Products
  
• The Technology of Glass Production in Pre-Renaissance Venice
  
• Questions of Origins and Influence
  
• The Renaissance Venetian Glass Industry--a Self-Catalysed Phenomenon
  
• Demystifying the Demand for Renaissance Glass
  
• Introduction
  
• Why Glass?
  
• The Functions of Renaissance Glass
  
• Desire Defined: Two Favoured Qualities of Renaissance Venetian Glass
  
• Conclusion
  
• Desire Fulfilled: The Technology of Glassmaking in Renaissance Venice
  
• The Introduction and Innovation of New Luxury Glasses
  
• Luxury Glassmaking Technology in Renaissance Venice
  
• The Final Product
  
• The Social Organization of Venetian Glassmaking
  
• Venetian Glassmaking and the Renaissance Economy
  
• Venetian Glassmaking in Context: Some Concluding Remarks
  
• Consumers and Competitors: The Distribution of Glass and Glassmaking Knowledge
  
• Introduction
  
• The Distribution of Glass Technology Transfer and Renaissance Glassmaking
  
• Epilogue: The Innovations of Renaissance Venetian Glass
  
• Notes
  
• Bibliography
  
• Index