Arts & Crafts Stained Glass (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art)
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (941 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300209703 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 354 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Superb." according to D. Stuart. Incredibly beautifully illustrated, a very easy style, deeply informative, scholarly yet approachable essential reading for anyone who wants to get beyond the 19th century glass of Tiffany or Munich.. Five Stars Timothy J. Wagg Beautiful pictures and well written
“Offers a fascinating comparison in the use of shaped colour, and is a book I want to return to, packed with detailed analysis and information, and 200 colour illustrations.”—Andrew Lambirth, Spectator
An insightful corrective demonstrating the Arts and Crafts Movement’s indelible impact on British and American stained glass Beautifully illustrated and based on more than three decades of research, Arts & Crafts Stained Glass is the first study of how the late-19th-century Arts and Crafts Movement transformed the aesthetics and production of stained glass in Britain and America. Using innovative materials and techniques, they rejected formulaic Gothic Revivalism while seeking authentic, creative inspiration in medieval traditions. This new approach was pioneered by Christopher Whall (1849–1924), whose charismatic teaching educated a generation of talented pupils—both men and women—who produced intensely colorful and inventive stained glass, using dramatic, lyrical, and often powerfully moving design and symbolism. Peter Cormack demonstrates how women made critical contributions to the renewal of stained glass as artists and entrepreneurs, gaining meaningful equality with their male colleagues, more fully than in any other applied art. A progressive school of artists, committed to direct involvement both in making and designing windows, emerged in the 1880s and 1890s, reinventing stained glass as a modern,