Stained Glass
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STAINED. GLASS All coloured glass is, strictly speaking, "stained" by some metallic oxide added to it in the process of manufacture.
Stained Glass Windows in Buffalo
Buffalo, NY, and Western New York
John LaFarge,
The Sealing of the Twelve Tribes
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Stained Glass Window at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Since the walls themselves were no longer the primary supports, Gothic buildings could include large areas of glass.
Chartres Cathedral: Stained Glass
This is not intended as a comprehensive review of the stained glass of Chartres. See the excellent the excellent web site dedicated to Chartres by Alison Stones for that.
Stained glass: Colored windows of Gothic cathedrals made from a combination of many pieces of colored and semi-transparent white glass joined together with lead strips.
Stained glass. Coloured or stained glass used especially in church windows to form figures or decorations. The colour is derived from metalllic oxide added during manufacture.
STAINED GLASS Glass coloured by mixing pigments inherently in the glass, by fusing colored metallic oxides onto the glass, or by painting and baking transparent colors on the glass surface.
Stained glass
windows composed of pieces of colored glass held in place by strips of lead.
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The oldest-known fragments of medieval pictorial stained glass appear to date from the 10th century. The earliest intact figures are five prophet windows at Augsburg, dating from the late 11th century.
Stained Glass
Originating in the Gothic period, stained glass was used in the windows of churches and later houses as an illuminating decorative element. The glass is coloured by an infusion of metallic oxide or by burning pigment into the surface.
Stained glass
- there are two basic types of stained glass, pot metal glass in which the glass is given colour in its molten state, and flashed glass in which colour is applied.
Stained Glass- Brightly colored glass broken and welded together to form window pictures. (Bourges)
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Tracery- Stone trace-like supports found on stained glass windows ...
Grisaille: A stained glass window incorporating muted tones as opposed to bright colors.
Grotesques: A decorative sculpture known as a Grotesque. A grotesque may function solely as decoration not as a water spout as in a Gargoyle.
appears full flood in the entire treatment of the exterior; the Lombard rose window has been evolved to its final point; decorative detail, both in design and in placing, has become sure and perfectly competent; while sculpture, stained glass, and, ...
Soon this clerestory became an entire window, filled with tracery and stained glass that conferred a new luminosity on the interior.
The windows of mosques were often decorated with stained glass set into thick plasterwork frames. Coloured glass made with a high proportion of lead was mostly imported from Europe and clipped to the sizes required.
In the evolution of Gothic architecture, the progressive enlargement of the windows was not intended to shed more light into the interiors, but rather to provide an ever-increasing area for the stained glass.
Religious and secular buildings, sculpture, stained glass, and illuminated manuscripts and other decorative arts produced in Europe during the latter part of the Middle Ages (5th century to 15th century).
From arches, to statues, and, probably the most spectacular spectacles, stained glass windows. They can be located almost anywhere in the cathedral if there is room. There are a few ways to make glass.
Henry Hughes (1822 - 1883) Born in Shropshire, he was the son of a butcher, and worked as an apprentice at Ward & Nixon, stained glass manufacturers.
Stained glass decorates the living and dining areas and vertical windows are placed in all rooms. It has numerous massive chimneys decorated with elaborate corbelling. The roof has many steep gables decorated with wooden fish scale shingles.
IDENTIFYING FEATURES: Steeply pitched roof, cross-gabled, decorated vergeboards, pointed-arch windows, sometimes stained glass, like churches. Gothic window above entry, one-story porch with flattened, Gothic arches.
the principles of the paintings, sculptures, stained glass, mosaics, and book illustrations of the period 1200-1450, embracing several disparate styles and emphases. — Gothicist, n.
Hellenism ...
Steeply pitched gable roofs
Lancet, pointed arches for openings and windows
Leaded and stained glass windows
Battlements and parapets
Pinnacles and finials
Rose- and clover-shaped windows
Gargoyles
Asymmetrical floor plans ...
The large, circular window with tracery and stained glass frequently used in the façades of Gothic churches.
FerramentaMetal window grid to which glazing, especially stained glass, is secured.FestoonOrnamental garland, shown as if suspended from both ends. Compare swag.
rose window : The large, circular window with tracery and stained glass frequently used in the façades of Gothic churches.
rustication : Worked ashlar stone, with faces left rough.
Windows come in a variety of shapes and sizes and often contain panes of stained glass. Multi-colored paint schemes highlight the ornate trim.
Wooden or metal bars separating and supporting glazed panels.. eg in a Stained Glass Window. Modern material used is Phosphor Bronze.
Gothic.
clerestory - 'clear story,' the upper story of a church where it rises above the aisle roof. Window openings, usually of stained glass, allow extra light into the interior. ...
Many times a guild would pay for a stained glass window depicting their trade.
Leadlight - A window having small panes of clear, coloured and painted glass connected with strips of lead (commonly and incorrectly called 'stained glass').
Light-pane - One division of a window divided by mullions.
Rose Window - Round window in a frame of heavy tracery radiating out like the spokes of a wheel, and containing stained glasses.
Rotunda - Round building, sometimes enclosed in a colonnade ;also a round room ...
 See also: Architecture, Gothic, House, Church, Roman
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