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Online Workshop

Reverse paintings on glass

Possibilities and limits of (non-destructive) analysis of reverse paintings on glass.

12 March 2021 9:00–13:00

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Call for Papers

Journée suisse de l’historicisme

La deuxième édition de la Journée suisse de l'historicisme sera consacrée à un aspect central de la production artistique et architecturale du XIX^e siècle et de la Belle-Epoque : les transferts artistiques et technologiques dans un contexte de plus en plus globalisé.

Délai : 30 janvier 2021

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Colloque

Verre: savoir et traditions artistiques

Dans le cadre d’un colloque international, le Vitromusée Romont et son partenaire scientifique le Vitrocentre Romont organiseront en collaboration avec la Société Suisse-Asie une rencontre de spécialistes internationaux et d’artistes suisses qui sera dédiée au verre et à la production artisanale.

Colloque enregistré et diffusé en ligne

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Call for papers

New advances in stained glass research: Materials, production techniques and conservation

A special issue in Heritage, an international peer-reviewed open-access journal of cultural and natural heritage science.

Deadline of submission of manuscripts: 31 August 2021

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Call for papers

Original or Copy: Virtual Reproductions and the Question of Authenticity

International conference
Vitromusée Romont, August, 28, 2021

Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 15, 2021

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Call for papers

Glass in architecture from the pre- to the postindustrial era

International Symposium
5–6 November 2021

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 January 2021

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Collection von Reding

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Built in 1609 for Ital Reding, "Reding-Haus an der Schmiedgasse" in Schwyz holds a large collection of Swiss stained glass from the 16th–20th century. The catalogue of the stained glass panels and introductory texts are now published on vitrosearch.ch.

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Vitrocentre Romont

Annual report

Click here to read th annual report 2019.

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Research

Luminosity of the East Materiality, Provenance and Reception of Islamic Coloured Glass Windows in the West

The project aims to provide the hitherto lacking art-historical and material analysis of Islamic coloured glass windows (qamarīya) of the 17^th to 19^th centuries within Western museum collections and at World’s Fairs and to critically examine questions about their provenance.

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Corpus Vitrearum Schweiz

The von Reding Collection in Schwytz

The privately owned von Reding collection in Schwytz and its history were researched in collaboration with the Canton of Schwyz's Department of Culture.

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International Workshop

China and the West: Reconsidering Chinese Reverse Glass Painting

We are pleased to announce the programme of the international workshop.

14 - 16 February 2020

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Research

The travel journal and book of recipes of Ulrich Daniel Metzger

Research funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF

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EVENT

Corpus Vitrearum Fribourg now online on vitrosearch!

The catalogue section of the publication has been available via the vitrosearch platform since July 2018. Discover the 416 stained glass panels on vitrosearch!

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Research

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Discover our large research database vitrosearch!

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