Windows; a book about stained & painted glass (1897)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 166
colouredwindows were intensein colour, rich, andeven heavy. The notethey struck was deep,solemn, suited to thechurch and to thetimes. Neither priestnor parishioner wasafraid to sacrifice acertain amount of light.It was the business of awindow to shut in thosethat worshipped fromthe outer world,… … 85. S. Serge, Angers. more and more to lighten his glass predominated, and the question was how to introduce colourinto it. Meanwhile the thirteenth century glaziers resorted,where they wanted light, to the use of windows in grisaille, inabsolute contrast to the rich picture glass in the same…
Glass painting and staining
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