Eternal light : the sacred stained-glass windows of Louis Comfort Tiffany / Catherine Shotick ; with an essay by Elizabeth De Rosa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shotick, Catherine, author.

Contributor:

Tiffany, Louis Comfort, 1848-1933, artist.

Richard H. Driehaus Museum, host institution, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tiffany, Louis Comfort, 1848-1933--Exhibitions.

Tiffany, Louis Comfort.

Tiffany, Louis Comfort, 1848-1933.

Stained glass windows--Illinois--Chicago--Exhibitions.

Stained glass windows.

Glass painting and staining--Illinois--Chicago--Exhibitions.

Glass painting and staining.

Illinois--Chicago.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

84 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

regular print

Distribution:

Minneapolis, MN : Consortium Book Sales & Distribution.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The Richard H. Driehaus Museum in association with D. Giles Limited, [2019]

Summary:

"Louis Comfort Tiffany, and the Tiffany Studios he founded, are internationally famous today for their inventive, intricate, and vibrantly colored leaded glass work. Ecclesiastical commissions made up the majority of Tiffany's work, and his innovative application of opalescent glass to windows radically transformed the interiors of religious institutions in America. Eternal Light: The Sacred Stained- Glass Windows of Louis Comfort Tiffany is the first volume to focus exclusively on Tiffany's celebrated ecclesiastical windows, presenting ten of the most significant religious windows produced by Tiffany Studios between 1880 and 1925, and the important collection of Tiffany works at The Richard H. Driehaus Museum. Tiffany's masterpieces tell stories of American entrepreneurship, of places of worship, and of evolving relationships to religion. This volume not only focuses on the beautiful and exceptionally crafted objects in the collection, but it also delves into the ideas and stories, including the progressive technologies, designers, and patrons behind the windows. As well as comparative details there are two special gate-fold inserts which highlight two of the windows--Christ and the Apostles, 1890 and Ecclesiastical Angels, 1905"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Richard H. Driehaus, collector of Tiffany : an appreciation / Rolf Achilles

Louis Comfort Tiffany's modern religious windows / Elizabeth De Rosa

Catalogue / Catherine Shotick

Tiffany's process : the making of a stained-glass window

Tiffany and the Chicago World's Fair of 1893

The windows.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with the exhibition held September 7, 2019-March 8, 2020 at the Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Chicago, Illinois.

Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Dornsife fund bookplate.

Contains:

De Rosa, Elizabeth. Louis Comfort Tiffany's modern religious windows.

Achilles, Rolf. Richard H. Driehaus, collector of Tiffany.

ISBN:

9781911282464

1911282468

OCLC:

1120721453