Stained glass of the middle ages in England and France (1913)
Arnold, Hugh, Saint, Lawrence Bradford, 1885- · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 401
g with the help of the matt s a ing. shading. This last is the form of shading whichhas survived to modern times, and is done by layinga flat semi-transparent coat or matt of enamelover the whole surface of the glass, and, when it isdry, and before it is fired, brushing out graduatedlights and half… … THE STYLE OF THE THIRD PERIOD 221 In later times the matt shading was, and some-times still is, abused in the attempt to givemodelling in high relief by its means alone, amethod which results in the loading of the glasswith opaque muddy brown, while the modellingbecomes untrue with changing lights.…
Glass painting and staining · Art, Medieval
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