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Book Stained glass and the Victorian Gothic revival

Download or read book Stained glass and the Victorian Gothic revival written by Jim Cheshire and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stained glass reached the height of its popularity in the Victorian period. But how did it become so popular and who was involved in this remarkable revival? The enthusiasm for these often exquisite pieces of artwork spread from specialist groups of antiquarians and architects to a much wider section of the Victorian public. By looking at stained glass from the perspective of both glass-painter and patron, and by considering how stained glass was priced, bought and sold, this enlightening study traces the emergence of the market for stained glass in Victorian England. Thus it contains new insights into the Gothic Revival and the relationship between architecture and the decorative arts. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates and black and white illustrations, this book will be valuable to those interested in stained glass and the wider world of Victorian art.

Book Victorian Stained Glass

Download or read book Victorian Stained Glass written by Trevor Yorke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-17 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated guide to the world of Victorian stained glass and its manufacturers and designers. Victorian stained glass – magnificent, colourful and artistic – adorns countless British churches, municipal buildings and homes. Across the decades, several artistic movements influenced these designs, from the Gothic Revival, through the Arts and Crafts Movement and into Art Nouveau as a new century dawned. Historian Trevor Yorke shows how craftsmen re-learned the lost medieval art of colouring, painting and assembling stained glass windows – but also, in this age of industry, how windows were templated and mass produced. Showcasing the exquisite glass generated by famous designers such as A.W.N. Pugin, Pre-Raphaelites William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, and by leading manufacturers such as Clayton and Bell, this beautifully illustrated book introduces the reader to many wonderful examples of Victorian stained glass and where it can be found.

Book Rainbow Like an Emerald  Stained Glass in Lorraine in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries

Download or read book Rainbow Like an Emerald Stained Glass in Lorraine in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries written by Meredith Parsons Lillich and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gothic Revival Architecture

Download or read book Gothic Revival Architecture written by Trevor Yorke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Houses of Parliament to the Midland Hotel at St Pancras and Strawberry Hill House, Gothic Revival buildings are some of the most distinctive structures found in Britain. Far from a copy of medieval buildings, it was a style full of colour and invention, in which its exponents created a daring new approach to design. Throwing out the old Classical rule book, Gothic Revival architects like Pugin and George Gilbert Scott designed buildings which were asymmetrical in form and visually expressive of their function. The movement went beyond just bricks and mortar and had a strong moral code, the influence of which was still felt into the 20th century. In this illustrated book, Trevor Yorke tells the story of the Gothic Revival from its origins in the whimsical fancies of the Georgian Period through to its High Victorian climax.

Book The Architecture of Country Houses

Download or read book The Architecture of Country Houses written by Andrew Jackson Downing and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Stained Glass from Medieval Times to the Present

Download or read book Stained Glass from Medieval Times to the Present written by James L. Sturm and published by Dutton Adult. This book was released on 1982 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Arts   Crafts Stained Glass

Download or read book Arts Crafts Stained Glass written by Peter Cormack and published by Paul Mellon Centre. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful corrective demonstrating the Arts and Crafts Movement's indelible impact on British and American stained glass Beautifully illustrated and based on more than three decades of research, Arts & Crafts Stained Glass is the first study of how the late-19th-century Arts and Crafts Movement transformed the aesthetics and production of stained glass in Britain and America. A progressive school of artists, committed to direct involvement both in making and designing windows, emerged in the 1880s and 1890s, reinventing stained glass as a modern, expressive art form. Using innovative materials and techniques, they rejected formulaic Gothic Revivalism while seeking authentic, creative inspiration in medieval traditions. This new approach was pioneered by Christopher Whall (1849-1924), whose charismatic teaching educated a generation of talented pupils--both men and women--who produced intensely colorful and inventive stained glass, using dramatic, lyrical, and often powerfully moving design and symbolism. Peter Cormack demonstrates how women made critical contributions to the renewal of stained glass as artists and entrepreneurs, gaining meaningful equality with their male colleagues, more fully than in any other applied art. Cormack restores stained glass to its proper status as an important field of Arts and Crafts activity, with a prominent role in the movement's polemical campaigning, its public exhibitions, and its educational program. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Book A History of the Gothic Revival

Download or read book A History of the Gothic Revival written by Charles Locke Eastlake and published by Bloomsbury Continuum. This book was released on 1978 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Arts of the Medieval Cathedrals

    Book Details:
  • Author : Professor Kathleen Nolan
  • Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
  • Release : 2015-06-28
  • ISBN : 1472440552
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book Arts of the Medieval Cathedrals written by Professor Kathleen Nolan and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The touchstones of Gothic monumental art in France - the abbey church of Saint-Denis and the cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, and Bourges - form the core of this collection. The essays reflect the impact of Anne Prache’s career, as a scholar of wide-ranging interests and as a builder of bridges between French and American academic communities. The authors include scholars in France and the United States, both academics and museum professionals, while the book’s thematic matrix, divided into architecture, stained glass, and sculpture, reflects the multiple media explored by Prache during her career.

Book Illuminated History  Stained Glass at the Cathedral Church of St  Paul

Download or read book Illuminated History Stained Glass at the Cathedral Church of St Paul written by Vicki Ingham and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stained-glass windows at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Des Moines, Iowa, represent three eras of art glass production--19th-century pre-Tiffany Aesthetic style glass, 1950s Gothic Revival by the renowned Connick Associates of Boston, and 1970s neo-Gothic from Britain's Wippell Mowbray Studios. This book documents the history of the windows as artistic objects, exploring their historical and cultural contexts, and captures the stories of the donors and those whom they wished to honor.

Book Discovering Stained Glass in Detroit

Download or read book Discovering Stained Glass in Detroit written by Nola Huse Tutag and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Detroit area boasts many fine examples of stained glass representing a variety of periods and styles. The European stained glass collection at teh Detroit Institute of Arts ranks amongst the most important in the United States. Churches and synagogues contain panels from notable designsers and studios, and exquisite glass can also be found in many public and private buildings like the Detroit Public Library, Cranbrook House, the Guardian Building, and the David Whitney, Jr., house. Discovering Stained Glass in Detroit contains sixty examples of the area's stained glass treasures, each stunningly presented in full color. Author Nola Huse Tutag accompanies each illustration with an explanatory text. Line drawings illustrate the buildings where the panels are located. The windows represent works by designers such as Louis Comfort Tiffany, Charles J. Connick, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Matisse, as well as those from European and American studios.

Book Stained Glass

Download or read book Stained Glass written by Virginia Chieffo Raguin and published by . This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raguin and Pongracz offer a detailed and lavish review of the styles, designs, practitioners, tools, and techniques of stained glass and give the complete history of this exquisite medium.

Book Windows for the world

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jasmine Allen
  • Publisher : Manchester University Press
  • Release : 2018-04-12
  • ISBN : 1526114747
  • Pages : 277 pages

Download or read book Windows for the world written by Jasmine Allen and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-12 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Windows for the world explores the display and reception of nineteenth-century British stained glass in a secular exhibition context. International in scope, the book focuses on the global development of stained glass in this period as showcased at, and influenced by, these exhibitions. It recognises those who made and exhibited stained glass and demonstrates the long-lasting impact of the classification and modes of display at these events. A number of exhibits are illustrated in colour and are analysed in relation to stylistic developments, techniques and material innovations, as well as the broader iconographies of nation and empire in the nineteenth century.

Book The Color of Light

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sarah Hall
  • Publisher : LiturgyTrainingPublications
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9781568543116
  • Pages : 116 pages

Download or read book The Color of Light written by Sarah Hall and published by LiturgyTrainingPublications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple, complete guide to stained glass in a church building for architects, building and renewal committees, pastors, liturgical designers, consultants, and anyone who appreciates the beauty of stained glass.

Book The Routledge Companion to William Morris

Download or read book The Routledge Companion to William Morris written by Florence S. Boos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Morris (1834–96) was an English poet, decorative artist, translator, romance writer, book designer, preservationist, socialist theorist, and political activist, whose admirers have been drawn to the sheer intensity of his artistic endeavors and efforts to live up to radical ideals of social justice. This Companion draws together historical and critical responses to the impressive range of Morris’s multi-faceted life and activities: his homes, travels, family, business practices, decorative artwork, poetry, fantasy romances, translations, political activism, eco-socialism, and book collecting and design. Each chapter provides valuable historical and literary background information, reviews relevant opinions on its subject from the late-nineteenth century to the present, and offers new approaches to important aspects of its topic. Morris’s eclectic methodology and the perennial relevance of his insights and practice make this an essential handbook for those interested in art history, poetry, translation, literature, book design, environmentalism, political activism, and Victorian and utopian studies.

Book Stained Glass Windows  An Essay

Download or read book Stained Glass Windows An Essay written by William Frederic Faber and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essay describes the research that Faber did in order to inform his church members as to what kind of windows might be commissioned and placed in Grace Church, Lockport, where he was the resident Catholic priest.The essay is scholarly in tone and Faber goes into a great deal of detail. He was clearly delighted to be tasked with this important role as he says 'It is an unspeakable privilege to be permitted to place a memorial like this in the house of God, bringing ever new comfort and joy to hearts bereaved, and satisfaction to the donors; yes, if there is need to say it, it is an honor to be permitted to do it.' Frederick William Faber (1814 –1863) was a noted English hymn writer and theologian, who converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism in 1845. He was ordained to the Catholic priesthood subsequently in 1847. His best-known work is Faith of Our Fathers. Nicholas Carter lives near Bristol and has been a journalist in the West Country for seventeen years. He is a member of The Sealed Knot.

Book Bombay Gothic

Download or read book Bombay Gothic written by Christopher W. London and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gothic Revival architectural style, innovatively adapted to local conditions, was introduced to 19th century Bombay by Governor HBE Frere. Famous architects, theorists and prominent Indians of the era assisted him in the realization of his vision for Bombay as the country's first city. Tracing the evolution of its distinctive architectural style. Christopher London reveals the fascinating history of a developing metropolis. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs as well as rare archival material, and drawing visual comparisons with both contemporary and medieval European models, Bombay Gothic presents a comprehensive perspective of Victorian architecture in Bombay.