Stained glass is coloured glass worked into art and architectural works, most often small pieces of glass arranged into patterns or pictures and held together with lead strips called cames. As an art form it reached its height in the Middle Ages, when it became a major pictorial medium for illustrating Bible narratives to a largely illiterate populace.
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MediumColoured glass cut and arranged into patterns or pictures, traditionally held together with strips of lead called cames 1 Signature TechniqueCut and painted glass pieces are assembled by slotting them into H-sectioned lead cames. 1 Place of OriginMedieval Europe, where stained glass became a major pictorial form used to illustrate biblical narratives to a largely illiterate populace. 1 Notable ExampleThe windows of Chartres Cathedral, the greatest centre of medieval stained glass manufacture. 1 Connections
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Architecture, Art Forms Stained glass became a defining, load-bearing element of Gothic cathedral design itself, not a decoration added afterward.
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Source Abraham van Diepenbeeck (Wikipedia)
Source Bernard van Orley (Wikipedia)
Source Christopher Whall (Wikipedia)
Source Getty Research Institute Union List of Artist Names: Lindtmayer, Daniel, II (Swiss glass painter, draftsman, and engraver, born 1552, died 1602-1607)
Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Jan Swart van Groningen (Dutch painter, ca. 1500 - ca. 1560)
Source Wikipedia: Louis Comfort Tiffany
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Stained glass (Wikipedia)
Stained glass, opening section and Medieval glass in Europe section
Stained glass refers to coloured glass as a material or art and architectural works created from it...Stained glass, as an art form, reached its height in the Middle Ages when it became a major pictorial form used to illustrate the narratives of the Bible to a largely illiterate populace.
Stained glass, opening section
The coloured glass may be crafted into a stained-glass window, in which small pieces of glass are arranged to form patterns or pictures, held together (traditionally) by strips of lead, called cames or calms.
Stained Glass, Medieval glass in Europe section, height of the form
Stained glass, as an art form, reached its height in the Middle Ages when it became a major pictorial form used to illustrate the narratives of the Bible to a largely illiterate populace.
Stained Glass, Medieval glass in Europe section, Chartres
While stained glass was widely manufactured, Chartres was the greatest centre of stained glass manufacture, producing glass of unrivalled quality.
Stained Glass, Assembly and mounting section
Once the glass is cut and painted, the pieces are assembled by slotting them into H-sectioned lead cames.
Associated With: Gothic Architecture, Stained glass, History, Origins section
As Gothic architecture developed into a more ornate form, windows grew larger, affording greater illumination to the interiors, but were divided into sections by vertical shafts and tracery of stone.
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Associated With: Architecture, Gothic architecture, Early Gothic sectionQuote, Associated With: Architecture, Gothic architecture, Early Gothic section
The walls were filled with stained glass, mainly depicting the story of the Virgin Mary but also, in a small corner of each window, illustrating the crafts of the guilds who donated those windows.
Christopher Whall (Wikipedia)
Practitioners: Christopher Whall, Lead sectionQuote, Practitioners: Christopher Whall, Lead section
Christopher Whitworth Whall (1849-23 December 1924) was a British stained-glass artist who worked from the 1880s and on into the 20th century.
Abraham van Diepenbeeck (Wikipedia)
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Abraham van Diepenbeeck (9 May 1596 (baptised), between May and September 1675) was a Dutch painter, draftsman, glass painter, print maker and tapestry designer who worked most of his active career in Antwerp.
Bernard van Orley (Wikipedia)
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Bernard van Orley (between 1487 and 1491-6 January 1541), also called Barend or Barent van Orley, Bernaert van Orley or Barend van Brussel, was a versatile Flemish artist and representative of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, who was equally active as a designer of tapestries and, at the end of his life, stained glass.
Wikipedia: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Practitioners: Louis Comfort Tiffany, LeadQuote, Practitioners: Louis Comfort Tiffany, Lead
is best known for his work in art glass, especially stained glass and Favrile glass
Getty Research Institute Union List of Artist Names: Lindtmayer, Daniel, II (Swiss glass painter, draftsman, and engraver, born 1552, died 1602-1607)
Getty Research Institute Union List of Artist NamesPractitioners: Daniel Lindtmayer, Record headingQuote, Practitioners: Daniel Lindtmayer, Record heading
Lindtmayer, Daniel, II (Swiss glass painter, draftsman, and engraver, born 1552, died 1602-1607)
Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Jan Swart van Groningen (Dutch painter, ca. 1500 - ca. 1560)
Practitioners: Jan Swart van Groningen, RolesQuote, Practitioners: Jan Swart van Groningen, Roles
stained glass artist
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