| A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead Contributor(s): Turk, Evan (Author), Turk, Evan (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1534410341 ISBN-13: 9781534410343 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Women - Juvenile Nonfiction | Art - History - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Renaissance |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2019031906 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 11.1" W x 11.1" (1.36 lbs) 48 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This gorgeous and empowering picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Evan Turk paints the portrait of Marietta Barovier, the groundbreaking Renaissance artisan who helped shape the future of Venetian glassmaking. Marietta and her family lived on the island of Murano, near Venice, as all glassmakers did in the early Renaissance. Her father, Angelo Barovier, was a true maestro, a master of glass. Marietta longed to create gorgeous glass too, but glass was men's work. One day her father showed her how to shape the scalding-hot material into a work of art, and Marietta was mesmerized. Her skills grew and grew. Marietta worked until she created her own unique glass bead: the rosetta. Small but precious, the beautiful beads grew popular around the world and became as valuable as gold. The young girl who was once told she could not create art was now the woman who would leave her mark on glasswork for centuries to come. |