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Gothic stained glass window designs.
The colorful patterns of stained glass earned it a special place in the world of art and architecture.
They originated with the oculus a small round window in ancient roman architecture.
The window the artist would sometimes be required to paint details onto the glass with a dark.
Colored paint made from iron filings and ground glass suspended in a liquid binder typically.
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Stained glass as an art and a craft requires the artistic skill to conceive an appropriate and workable design and the engineering skills to assemble the piece a window must fit snugly into the space for which it is made must resist wind and rain and also especially in the larger windows must support its own weight.
One purpose of stained glass is to serve as a source of meditation drawing the viewer into a contemplative state.
Making medieval stained glass windows for gothic architecture was dangerous work performed by guild craftsmen who combined alchemy nano science and theology.
The gothic sanctuary is lined with nearly 84 foot tall stained glass windows designed by walther benner and anton wendling after the original glazing was destroyed during world war ii.
They were supplanted by painted glass and the lovely old stained glass was rejected as outdated.
The development of stained glass in gothic cathedrals.
Stained glass windows were a prominent feature of towering gothic churches.
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Throughout most of its over thousand years of history stained glass has been associated with glass panels and windows of significant constructions such as churches.
Gothic was a style of architecture that developed in france around 1140 and spread throughout europe.
Rose windows are the large circular stained glass windows found in gothic churches.