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Stained Glass and Liturgy: The Uses and Limits of an Analogy Gerald B. Guest THROUGHOUT the history of the study of the Middle Ages should be understood as a kind medieval art, scholars have made pro- of visual sermon, directed principally toward the ductive use of hermeneutic analogies.1 laity. Responsibility for this repeated recourse
Stained glass was a pervasive element of buildings, particu- larly ecclesiastical structures, from the 12th through the 16th century; and, as painting and building styles changed, so did the
Stained-glass windows, made up of coloured and painted glass pieces held together by lead strips, were especially popular in Europe in the period between 1150 and 1550, when they were a prominent feature of cathedrals and other churches, as well as city halls and homes for the elite.
16 sie 2022 · Also popular are Tiffany-style windows, as seen in St. Nicholas Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia, which has an 8-by-15-foot Baptism of Christ window. Grabowski said Tiffany-style, with its opalescent glass, found its way into some churches in the early 20th century.
14 sie 2022 · For Christendom College’s new chapel, in Front Royal, Virginia, along with the restoration of Munich windows depicting the Nativity and the Resurrection, Beyer is fabricating saint windows...
16 wrz 2019 · Stained glass windows combine different colors of glass in a panel to make an image. The earliest examples of stained glass were done for the early Christian church in the 2nd–3rd centuries CE, although none of those survived. The art was inspired by Roman mosaics and illuminated manuscripts.
Memorials in a Modern World. Selected Buildings and their Glazing Programs. Bibliography. The subject is the history of monumental stained glass in the United States, especially its patronage; the civic and religious institutions that saw leaded and painted windows as essential to their purpose.
