Lino TagliapietraGlenn Adamson Henry AdamsLabel: Monacelli PressDescription: The most comprehensive monograph available on the greatest living glassblower Lino TagliapietraLino Tagliapietra has been described as the world’s greatest glassblower a figure born from the five-hundred-year-old culture of Venetian glass but one who also revolutionized glass as a discipline inventing new techniques to create his masterful works. Even more astonishing as Tagliapietra hit his full stride he has become a notable figure in the unfolding story of modern sculpture – an artist whose distinctive works are coveted by collectors of contemporary abstract art and whose vision makes us think about art history in new and profound ways.This is the most comprehensive monograph available on his work and features insightful texts by Glenn Adamson and Henry Adams as well as hundreds of new photographs which showcase the impressive breadth and depth of Taglipietra’s repertoire.
