Stained glass / Lawrence Lee, George Seddon, Francis Stephens ; with photographs by Sonia Halliday and Laura Lushington.

Main entry:

Lee, Lawrence, 1909-2011, author.

Title & Author:

Stained glass / Lawrence Lee, George Seddon, Francis Stephens ; with photographs by Sonia Halliday and Laura Lushington.

Publication:

New York : Crown Publishers, Inc., [1976]
©1976

Description:

207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 38 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 207) and index.
The world of stained glass / Lawrence Lee : The medium of glass ; Glass in the ancient world ; Beginnings of an art form ; The church and its planning ; The architectural challenge ; Painting with light ; Webs of stone ; The circle and the rose ; Sources of inspiration ; The Bible ; Sacred and profane ; Spirits of good and evil ; The language of symbols ; Saints and their emblems ; The family tree of Christ ; Faces of Christ ; Donors: self-perpetuation and piety ; A framework of glass ; The natural world ; The ancient tradition of heraldry ; The art of blazoning in glass ; Reflections of the times ; Architecture ; Details of daily life ; Fashions ; The changing art of portraiture ; Tributes in stained glass ; The art and the artist -- The history of stained glass / George Seddon : Eleventh and twelfth centuries: the cathedral age ; Thirteenth century: the age of gothic art ; Fourteenth century: the age of turmoil and innovation ; Fifteenth century: the age of transition ; Sixteenth century: the age of decline ; Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: the impoverished years ; Nineteenth century: the age of revival ; Twentieth century: the age of expanding horizons -- How a stained-glass window is made and restored / Francis Stephens.

Summary:

"Illustrated guide to the world's best stained glass windows."

ISBN:

0517527286 (hardcover)
9780517527283 (hardcover)

Subject:

Glass painting and staining History.
Glass painting and staining Pictorial works.
Glass painting and staining.
Peinture sur verre Histoire.
Peinture sur verre Ouvrages illustrés.
Peinture sur verre.
glass painting (image-making)
Glasmålning historia.

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Pictorial works
Illustrated works
History
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Seddon, George, 1927-2007, author.
Stephens, Francis, 1921- author.
Halliday, Sonia, photographer.
Lushington, Laura, photographer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 176345
Call No.: ID NK5306.L43; ID:98-B2581
Status: Available

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