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Mar 27, 2015
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Stained Glass Windows
Presented byMrs. B. Abston
WTMS
Tech Art
•Stained glass replaced the wall frescos of earlier times.
14th Century 12th Century
•It illustrated the teachings of old and new testaments .
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Gothic Stained Glass Windows
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•The history of stained glass begins in the 12th Century.
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Renaissance Era
14th-15th Centuries
(late 1300’s to early 1500’s)
Gothic Era
12th Century (1100’s)
Art of Stained Glass fell from favor
(Late 1500’s to 1800’s)
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Art Noveau20th Century(1900’s)
Contemporary
21st Century (2000’s)
History of stained glass timeline
In Europe, the art of stained glass reached its height between 1150 and 1500, when magnificent windows were created for great cathedrals.
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The exterior of The Great Rose Window.
Gothic Stained Glass Windows
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres, stained glass of the Virgin and Child
ca. 1170
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Gothic Stained Glass Windows
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The Visitation, 1444Probably Strasbourg; From the Carmelite church at Boppard-am-Rhein
Renaissance stained glass is very different from that of the previous period. Figures represent abstract ideas.
Renaissance Stained Glass Windows
•Between the late 1500’s and the 1800’s stained glass:
•Fell from favor.
•Castles, palaces, and churches were destroyed due to
•Political issues
•Religious reasons
•Social conditions
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http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Western_Europe/United_Kingdom/England/england3.htm
Decline of Stained Glass
Art Nouveau style
•Principal characteristic is
curving lines.
•Principal subject is nature.
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Art Nouveau Stained Glass
1848-1933
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Louis Tiffany
•Inventor of the opalescent stained glass window
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(1835–1910)
Lunette: Panel from the Cornelius Vanderbilt II House, New York, ca. 1880–82John La FargeLeaded opalescent glass
John Le Farge
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Welcome, 1908-9John La Farge
Leaded opalescent glass, cloisonné glass, copper wire, and paint
John Le Farge
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Holy Cross, Woodchurch,
England
Contemporary Stained Glass
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Contemporary Stained Glass
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Contemporary Stained Glass
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So Bright© Vividline, Inc.
Contemporary Stained Glass
Thomas Kinkade "The Light of Peace" stained glass window
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Contemporary Stained Glass
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Sir Edward Burne-Jones "Viking Ship"
stained glass window
Contemporary Stained Glass