Stained Glass: Jewels of Light

by Joe Porcelli

Book Overview

Enter a dazzling world where light and color combine to create a fantasyland in glass. Beginning with the earliest examples of this most beautiful art form, trace its development from masterpieces in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567995500
• ISBN13: 9781567995503
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 11.5" x 11.5"

Customer Reviews

Brief Info on Book

Large paperback, 143 pps, over 140 illustrationsA lovely book giving a terrific overview of stained glass, with an emphasis on modern and contemporary works.

Comprehensive overview of stained glass

This is a beautiful and comprehensive book on the art of stained glass from its origin through today. Both the religious masterpieces of the world and modern art glass are covered in detail.The roots of stained glass are traced to the discovery of glass itself and the early ways of coloring it and methods of forming it, with stained glass as we know it appearing around the eleventh century.The development of stained glass into a brilliant and dramatic art form is illustrated with magnificent examples from Saint Chapelle, Chartres, Canterbury and Cologne among others. Much of the book, however, deals with the technical innovation and artistic variety of 20th century art glass. Many stunning examples by Tiffany, Wright, Chagall and others are presented.