http://www.thestorefinder.com/glass/library/history.html

Stained Glass Windows

Presented byMrs. B. Abston

WTMS

Tech Art

•Stained glass replaced the wall frescos of earlier times.

14th Century 12th Century

•It illustrated the teachings of old and new testaments .

http://hungart.euroweb.hu/tours/11_16_c1.html

http://www.thestorefinder.com/glass/library/history.html

Gothic Stained Glass Windows

12th C

entu

ry

15th C

entu

ry

14th C

entu

ry

18th C

entu

ry

17th C

entu

ry

16th C

entu

ry

19th C

entu

ry

20th C

entu

ry

21th C

entu

ry

13th C

entu

ry

•The history of stained glass begins in the 12th Century.

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/glas/hd_glas.htm

http://www.stainedglass.org/main_pages/association_pages/historySG.html

Renaissance Era

14th-15th Centuries

(late 1300’s to early 1500’s)

Gothic Era

12th Century (1100’s)

Art of Stained Glass fell from favor

(Late 1500’s to 1800’s)

1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000

Art Noveau20th Century(1900’s)

Contemporary

21st Century (2000’s)

History of stained glass timeline

In Europe, the art of stained glass reached its height between 1150 and 1500, when magnificent windows were created for great cathedrals.

http://www.thestorefinder.com/glass/library/history.html

http://www.mphm.com/tour/8/s_glass_windows/s_trancept_window.htm

The exterior of The Great Rose Window.

Gothic Stained Glass Windows

Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres, stained glass of the Virgin and Child

ca. 1170

http://www.thestorefinder.com/glass/library/history.html

Gothic Stained Glass Windows

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/08/euwc/ho_13.64.3ab.htm

The Visitation, 1444Probably Strasbourg; From the Carmelite church at Boppard-am-Rhein

Renaissance stained glass is very different from that of the previous period. Figures represent abstract ideas.

Renaissance Stained Glass Windows

•Between the late 1500’s and the 1800’s stained glass:

•Fell from favor.

•Castles, palaces, and churches were destroyed due to

•Political issues

•Religious reasons

•Social conditions

http://www.stainedglass.org/main_pages/association_pages/historySG.html

http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Western_Europe/United_Kingdom/England/england3.htm

Decline of Stained Glass

Art Nouveau style

•Principal characteristic is

curving lines.

•Principal subject is nature.

http://www.stainedglass.org/main_pages/association_pages/historySG.html

Art Nouveau Stained Glass

1848-1933

                      

   

http://www.macklowegallery.com/tiff_lamps.html

http://www.loveisarose.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=L&Category_Code=LCTSGA

                    

    

                    

    

                    

    

                    

    

Louis Tiffany

•Inventor of the opalescent stained glass window

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/lafarge/Html/cat3f.htm

(1835–1910)

Lunette: Panel from the Cornelius Vanderbilt II House, New York, ca. 1880–82John La FargeLeaded opalescent glass

John Le Farge

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/lafarge/Html/cat3f.htm

Welcome, 1908-9John La Farge

Leaded opalescent glass, cloisonné glass, copper wire, and paint

John Le Farge

http://www.wirral.clara.net/woodchpics.htm

Holy Cross, Woodchurch,

England

Contemporary Stained Glass

http://www.dolphinglassstudio.co.uk/scotheme.htm

Contemporary Stained Glass

http://www.dolphinglassstudio.co.uk/scotheme.htm

Contemporary Stained Glass

http://www.webshots.com/g/65/31186-sh/31113.html

So Bright© Vividline, Inc.

Contemporary Stained Glass

Thomas Kinkade "The Light of Peace" stained glass window

http://www.thingsunique.com/stained_glass/sg_sea/718.html

Contemporary Stained Glass

http://www.thingsunique.com/stained_glass/sg_sea/9032.html

Sir Edward Burne-Jones "Viking Ship"

stained glass window

Contemporary Stained Glass