Stained glass : radiant art / Virginia Chieffo Raguin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raguin, Virginia Chieffo, 1941- author.

Contributor:

J. Paul Getty Museum.

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stained glass windows.

Glass painting and staining.

Physical Description:

112 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2013]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Materials and techniques

Architectural function of stained glass

Artists and patrons

Collecting stained glass

Challenges of restoration and display.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

1606061534

OCLC:

830124550

Publisher Number:

99961981738