Windows; a book about stained & painted glass (1897)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 155
produces a very uncomfortable impres-sion of perversity. It is quite conceivable that ornament maybe better worth looking at than some pictures; but a picturerefuses to occupy the subordinate position ; it will not do as aframe to ornament. There is no occasion to illustrate very,fully the design… … I. The Dream of Charlemagne,Chartres. simplest, perhaps thebaldest, kind. Thefigures, as beforestated, are clearly de-fined against a strongbackground, usuallyblue or ruby; a stripor two of colouredglass represents theearth upon which theystand; a turret or agable tells you thatthe scene is in a…
Glass painting and staining
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