Wednesday, October 14, 2015

“Transparent Art”, an exhibition of glass sculptures displaying the Prado Museum. – VVS ONE (press release) (blog)

Art Transparent is a sample of rock crystal sculptures shows the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, from this October 14 to January 10, 2016. These samples are loaded with symbolism works that invite the viewer to a puzzle game.

Each Crystal has a secret and it is precisely that degree of mystery, coupled with its exquisite craftsmanship, rarity and high value, offering the twenty pieces of “ Art Transparent”.

In the Renaissance workshops, with Misseroni and Sarachi main teachers, entire families specialized in a collective effort as thorough as exclusive, that lit unique art, although intended the use, which decorated the tables of princes and kings, hence, his priceless.

The creations were so appreciated that were valued economically far above jewels pictorial as pictures of renowned authors such as Titian, explains the curator of the exhibition Letizia Arbeteta, adding that there are sizes soon be capped more than a decade.

The rock crystal, called by the Greeks “frozen snow” hidden inside enigmas related to its origin marked by the legend. This mineral celestial gem was considered a symbol of purity in the Middle Ages. Art Transparent exhibition proves to be the most beautiful in Europe glass.

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