| Description |
207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 38 cm |
| Contents |
The world of stained glass / Lawrence Lee : The medium of glass ; Glass in the ancient world ; Beginnings of an art form ; The church and its planning ; The architectural challenge ; Painting with light ; Webs of stone ; The circle and the rose ; Sources of inspiration ; The Bible ; Sacred and profane ; Spirits of good and evil ; The language of symbols ; Saints and their emblems ; The family tree of Christ ; Faces of Christ ; Donors: self-perpetuation and piety ; A framework of glass ; The natural world ; The ancient tradition of heraldry ; The art of blazoning in glass ; Reflections of the times ; Architecture ; Details of daily life ; Fashions ; The changing art of portraiture ; Tributes in stained glass ; The art and the artist -- The history of stained glass / George Seddon : Eleventh and twelfth centuries: the cathedral age ; Thirteenth century: the age of gothic art ; Fourteenth century: the age of turmoil and innovation ; Fifteenth century: the age of transition ; Sixteenth century: the age of decline ; Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: the impoverished years ; Nineteenth century: the age of revival ; Twentieth century: the age of expanding horizons -- How a stained-glass window is made and restored / Francis Stephens |
| Summary |
"Illustrated guide to the world's best stained glass windows." |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p. 207 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 207) and index |
| Subject |
Glass painting and staining -- Pictorial works.
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Glass painting and staining -- Conservation and restoration.
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Glass painting and staining -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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| Author |
Halliday, Sonia, photographer
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Lushington, Laura, photographer
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Seddon, George, 1927- author
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Stephens, Francis, 1921- author
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| LC no. |
76018928 |
| ISBN |
0517527286 |
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9780517527283 |
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