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Stained Glass – Radiant Art

. Raughlin

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English
Getty Publications
20 September 2013
Stained glass is a monumental art, a corporate enterprise dependent on a patron with whom artists blend their voices. Combining the fields now labeled decorative arts, architecture, and painting, the window transforms our experience of space. Windows of colored glass were essential features of medieval and Renaissance buildings. They provided not only light to illuminate the interior but also specific and permanent imagery that proclaimed the importance of place. Commissioned by monks, nuns, bishops, and kings, as well as by merchants, prosperous farmers, and a host of anonymous patrons, these windows vividly reflect the social, religious, civic, and aesthetic values of their eras.

Beautifully illustrated with reproductions from the remarkable stained glass collection at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Stained Glass addresses the making of a stained glass window, its iconography and architectural context, the patrons and collectors, and the challenges of restoration and display. The selected works include examples from Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Subject matter ranges from monumental religious scenes for Gothic churches to lively heraldic panels made for houses and other secular settings. Integrating comparisons to works of art in other media, such as manuscripts, drawings, and panel paintings, this book encourages the general reader to see stained glass as an element of a broad artistic production.

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Imprint:   Getty Publications
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 151mm,  Spine: 9mm
Weight:   318g
ISBN:   9781606061534
ISBN 10:   1606061534
Series:   Getty Publications – (Yale)
Pages:   112
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Virginia Chieffo Raguin is distinguished professor of humanities at the College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts, and a member of the International Corpus Vitrearum.

Reviews for Stained Glass – Radiant Art

Virginia Chieffo Raguin presents a nicely balanced survey of the topic of medieval stained glass. It is simple enough for the interested public, yet provides a good contextual introduction for an undergraduate or non-specialist academic level of interest. --Medievalists.net An authoritative and accessible overview of medieval stained glass from its origins, its production and purpose to its collection, conservation and presentation. --Institute of Historic Building Conservation A neat, beautifully illustrated paperback which I intend to carry in my manbag on my next foray into the ancient churches in Herefordshire. --Western Mail A comprehensive work addressing all aspects of the process and history of making stained glass. --Antiques Trade Gazette


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