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Stained Glass Photography shows Neil Ralley's great photographs of stained glass works from both sides of the Atlantic, including examples by William Morris, Louis Comfort Tiffany and the Tiffany Studios, John La Farge, Henry Holiday, ...

Stained glass: glass that has been colored or stained through different processes.

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 pieces of colored glass put together to make a picture.
STENCILING applying paint to a wall or cloth surface through a hole cut in metal or oiled cardboard.

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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 window at the United Nations Building, New York
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Stained Glass
1. Glass colored by mixing pigments inherently in the glass, by fusing colored metallic oxides onto the glass, or by painting and baking colors onto the surface. 2.

Stained glass
Colored glass cut into pieces, arranged in a design , and joined with strips of lead.

Fixing stained glass into a floor
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Grisaille : A stained glass window incorporating muted tones as opposed to bright colors.

Besides the special feature of rooms i llustratin the historical progress of art, its collection illustrating p g of stained glass is important. Basel also (historical museum) is but little inferior in contents or system to the Zurich establishment.

Gallery 888 - Spring Fling - stained glass by Torrie Munroe, photography by Azam Khan, paintings by Elizabeth Russ.
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Western painting's zenith takes place in Europe, during the Renaissance in conjunction with the refinement of drawing, use of perspective, ambitious architecture, tapestry, stained glass, sculpture, ...

It is characterized by the hitherto unprecedented integration of the arts of sculpture, painting, stained glass and architecture which is epitomized in the great cathedrals of Chartres, Amiens, and Reims or in the Sainte Chapelle in Paris.

Typically rooted in religious devotion, it is especially known for the distinctive arched design of its churches, its stained glass, and its illuminated manuscripts.

Copying the pure, flat colour, heavy outline, and decorative quality of medieval stained glass and manuscript illumination, the two artists explored the expressive potential of pure colour and line, ...

The influence of their hunting and ceremonial scenes in particular registered on Italian 'gothic' painting or illumination and stained glass, and in literature. But the Italians did not make them.

Other principle forms of the Gothic period are manuscript illumination and stained glass, whereas paintings were more rare.

The philosophy underlying the teaching program was unity of all the visual and plastic arts from architecture and painting to weaving and stained glass.

William Morris, known mostly as a book designer, but also was a painter, writer and producer of textiles, stained glass, and wallpaper, headed the movement. He was an advocate of simplicity, good craftsmanship, and good design.

Until the twelfth century it had been the custom to adorn the alters with costly religious reliquaries wrought in metal; partly to preserve the metallic sheen of the decoration, partly because of the contiguity of mosaics or stained glass, ...

It was used in sculpture, painting, stained glass and manuscript illumination, and is reputedly an offshoot of the angularly-draped clothing one sees on human figures in Byzantine art.

It allowed for cathedrals to be built with thinner walls and it became possible to introduce stained glass windows instead of traditional mosaic decorations.

Rose window: A large, circular window with stained glass and stone tracery, frequently used on facades and at the ends of transepts on Gothic churches.

Cartoon
A preliminary drawing in full size which is a model for painting, mural, tapestry, mosaic, stained glass, etc. Also, a caricature or comic drawing, or an animated film composed of a series of comic drawings.

Large circular windows of tracery and stained glass found in Gothic cathedrals.

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Tiffany's hand-made glass designs, which used opalescent glass in various colors to create a uniquely modern style of stained glass, are very much synonymous with the aesthetic luxury and opulence of the era.

The iconoclasts, or “image destroyers' of the Protestant Reformation, had replaced the church’s stained glass and whitewashed its vaults.

Grisaille: Monochrome painting generally employing shades of gray executed in a black pigment and an inert white pigment in oil, gouache or tempera; a stained glass window incorporating muted tones as opposed to bright colors.
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Henri Matisse Chapel of the Rosary of the Dominican Nuns, Vence, France. Consecrated June 25, 1951 in which Matisse designed everything from the stained glass windows and altar to the candle stick and chalice.

A style of architecture and art dominant in Europe from the 12th to the 15th century. Gothic architecture features pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and often large areas of stained glass.
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Opaque watercolors used for illustrations.

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it had evolved towards a more secular and natural style known as International Gothic, which continued until the late 15th century, where it evolved into Renaissance art. The primary Gothic art mediums were sculpture, panel painting, stained glass, ...

Gaudens and stained glass designer John La Farge were collaborators with these architects.

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