# A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead - Hardcover

by **Evan Turk** (Author), **Evan Turk** (Illustrator)

**This gorgeous and empowering picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Evan Turk paints the portrait of Marietta Barovier, the groundbreaking Renaissance artisan who helped shape the future of Venetian glassmaking.**

Marietta and her family lived on the island of Murano, near Venice, as all glassmakers did in the early Renaissance. Her father, Angelo Barovier, was a true _maestro_, a master of glass. Marietta longed to create gorgeous glass too, but glass was men's work.

One day her father showed her how to shape the scalding-hot material into a work of art, and Marietta was mesmerized. Her skills grew and grew.

Marietta worked until she created her own unique glass bead: the rosetta. Small but precious, the beautiful beads grew popular around the world and became as valuable as gold. The young girl who was once told she could not create art was now the woman who would leave her mark on glasswork for centuries to come.

### Author Biography

Evan Turk is an Ezra Jack Keats Award-winning illustrator, author, and animator. He is the author-illustrator of _The Storyteller_, _Heartbeat_, _You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks_, _A_ _Thousand Glass Flowers_, and _Hello, Moon_ and the illustrator of _Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters_, which was a _New York Times_ Best Illustrated Children's Book; _The People's Painter_; _Grandfather Gandhi_; and its companion _Be the Change_. Originally from Colorado, Evan now lives in southern California with his husband and two cats. He is a graduate of Parsons School of Design. Visit him at EvanTurk.com.

**Number of Pages:** 48

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 11.1 x 11.1 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** August 18, 2020

## Details

- **Price:** 17.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

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