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Cross-Cultural Encounters: Religious Motifs in Lattimo Glass from China to Italy

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: This paper focuses on lattimo glass, also known as milk glass, and analyzes the influence of Chinese porcelain on its creation in Venice through the study of its transmission path and revival. It also explores the role of religion in the glass trade between China and Italy from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, with a particular focus on religious iconography. By relying on previous research on the religious iconography of glass during this period and analyzing precious glass objects, this paper aims to examine the brief popularity and decline of lattimo glass as an imitation of Chinese Ming porcelain in the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries, as well as the significance and impact of religious iconography on lattimo glass during the eighteenth century. The paper approaches the process of the introduction of Chinese aesthetics in Europe during this period from three angles: the origin of lattimo glass, the cross-media imitation and innovation of Chinese religious iconography, and cultural interaction. This process highlights the crucial role of influential religious imagery in the formation of cross-cultural communication.

Source: Religions

DOI: 10.3390/rel14070932

Authors: Xue Gong, Zhongqu Xie, Xiangyu Liu, Bianca De Divitiis

Institutions: Jiangnan University, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Southeast University, University of Naples Federico II

Language: English

Topic: Historical Art and Culture Studies

Subfield: Museology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,557

Funder: China Scholarship Council