Charles J. Connick : America's visionary stained glass artist / Peter Cormack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cormack, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875---Criticism and interpretation.

Glass artists--United States.

Glass painting and staining--United States.

Glass painting and staining--Technique.

Gothic revival (Art)--United States.

Physical Description:

376 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"When Charles J. Connick (1875-1945) began his stained glass career in Pittsburgh in the 1890s, America's fascination with the newly invented 'opalescent' windows of Tiffany and La Farge meant that the original traditions of the art form were almost forgotten. Connick made it his life's mission to reassert the values of the medieval craft, successfully persuading twentieth-century Americans that these could inspire powerfully expressive modern glass as well as thrilling new imagery. This book presents the dynamic trajectory of Connick's artistic development. Refuting any notion of Connick as a revivalist, Peter Cormack examines the diverse cultural influences that shaped Connick's art, including his creative interaction with European stained glass and his friendship with poets such as Robert Frost. Richly illustrated and based on decades of research, it analyzes Connick's work in the context of the Arts and Crafts and 'Modern Gothic' movements in architecture and the applied arts, showcasing stained glass works found throughout some of the most spectacular buildings in the United States, including New York's St. John the Divine Cathedral and San Francisco's Grace Cathedral. His fruitful collaborations with Ralph Adams Cram, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, Maginnis & Walsh, and other leading architects are also documented in detail."-- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Springboro and early years in Pittsburgh

An apprentice in the "Art glass industry"

Ralph Adams Cram, Christopher Whall, and a European pilgrimage

Modern Gothic and the Harcourt Street Studio

"The Burne-Jones of America"

"The most notable piece of glass produced in modern times" : the Holy Grail window at Princeton's Procter Hall

"Windows of Old France": inspiration for modern stained glass

Paris 1925, poets and sandwich glass

Princeton University Chapel: "The glow of the older tradition with the newer light"

From "Heartbreak House" to "Mighty masterpiece": Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

"Like crystallized music": windows in New York City

"Windows that will gloriously celebrate the American scene"

Epilogue: "He carries light with him."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-366) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Ashjean fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780300272321

0300272324

OCLC:

1405842224