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Research Unit "Glass and Ceramic for the Arts" - VICARTE

This research unit is a facility of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa in collaboration with the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Universidade de Lisboa used for teaching and for glass research. Applications of science to glass art and the conservation of glass artifacts is the main activity.

  
     
  Stained glass - Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória in Batalha  
     
 

Conservation and restoration of stained glass

Fragments from the Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória in Batalha and of stained glass from Palácio da Pena Chapel are being studied.

Exhibition - Palácio da Pena, Sintra.
Glass and Stained Glass: Ferdinand II’s Passion
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Exhibitions of the students of the Master of Glass Art and Science in several galleries in Lisbon and Almada

Fernanda Guerreiro, kiln-cast glass, sand, pigment, 2011
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  ruby glass  
     
 

Ruby gold glass

Ruby gold glass obtained using gamma radiation.
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Master of Glass Art and Science

This international Master started at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal in October 2009. Pre-registrations for the academic year 2011-2012 are accepted now. More >>

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VICARTE, Caparica, 2010-2011, Visitors(With the support of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, FBAUL and FCT/UNL)
 Michael Rogers, Carlo Pantano, David Babb, Cesare Toffolo, Chris Taylor, Jocelyn Prince, Paul Marioni, Jutta-Annette Page, Dedo Krosigk, Marco Verità, Yuki Uchimura, David Pye, David Martlew, Joseph Parker, William Traver, Pedro Barosa, Fernando Esperança, António Noivo.

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Corpus Vitrearum - Portugal
Stained Glass after 1920
Lisbon, 26-28 September 2011
Glassac 2011
Glass Science in Art and Conservation
Germany, 10-13 May 2011. More >>
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VICARTE is thankful for the support of the following entities: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian,  CRISFORM Marinha Grande,  
Câmara Municipal da Marinha Grande , Santos Barosa, Jasmim, In-Fusão, Barracha Ltda., Saint Gobain Glass Portugal, CRISAL, FERRO Indústrias Químicas,
Portugal, Lta., KERAjet Portugal, Atlantis, Saint Gobain, Portugal, Libbey, Repsol, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Culturgest.