{"product_id":"bohemian-glass-the-great-masters","title":"Bohemian Glass: The Great Masters","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9788857249858\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2024\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Skira Editore S.p.A\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBohemian glass after the Second World War in the new chapter of \"Le Stanze del Vetro\".\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBohemia (the historical name for the largest of the lands that make up the present-day Czech Republic) was home to glassmaking innovators from the twelfth century onwards, who helped shape and augment the impact of European glass. Glassmakers based in this region were permanently pushed to invent new forms of glass production by competitive pressures from other European glassmaking centres, primarily in Germany and also in Italy, whose superb outputs dominated the global market in decorative glass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis major historical connection between European glassmaking centres came to an abrupt end in 1948, when then-Czechoslovakia was overpowered by the Communist regime. Until 1989, the country's borders were practically sealed off, denying free trade, travel, and communication with the western sphere, greatly impacting the local glass industry. Even so, the Communist regime presented itself abroad with the results of Czech glass-making efforts at large international exhibitions and world's Expos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRealized in collaboration with the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, \u003ci\u003eBohemian Glass: The Great Masters\u003c\/i\u003e features the works by six major artists of contemporary glass sculpture (Vaclav Cigler, Vladimir Kopecky, Stanislav Libensky, Jaroslava Brychtova, René Roubicek, Miluse Roubickova), born in the Czech lands in the 1920s and 1930s. These artists endured the largest-ever military conflict in Europe, followed by a brief respite of freedom and democracy, only to be plunged into totalitarian domination in 1948, which they cou","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":43027205161049,"sku":"PR916318","price":138.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2551\/5502\/files\/image_TIBJBB67BS0A.jpg?v=1769720514","url":"https:\/\/smartfox.co.nz\/products\/bohemian-glass-the-great-masters","provider":"SmartfoxNZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}