Through the Venetian looking-glass
Imagine being forced to move to an island because you were so skilled at your job, and leaving was a crime punishable by death. That’s just what master Venetian glass-blowers faced in 1291 when the city forced them to move to the island of Murano. The Venetian government lived in fear of losing its monopoly over the glass makers’ exquisite works, so they packed them up and Read More …