1. Stained Glass Windows Presented by Mrs. B. Abston WTMS Tech Art

2. Gothic Stained Glass Windows
Stained glass replaced the wall frescos of earlier times.
14th Century th Century
It illustrated the teachings of old and new testaments.

3. History of stained glass timeline
Gothic Era
12th Century (1100’s)
Renaissance Era
14th-15th Centuries
(late 1300’s to early 1500’s)
Art of Stained Glass fell from favor
(Late 1500’s to 1800’s)
Art Noveau
20th Century
(1900’s)
Contemporary
21st Century (2000’s)
12th Century
15th Century
14th Century
18th Century
17th Century
16th Century
19th Century
20th Century
21th Century
13th Century
The history of stained glass begins in the 12th Century.

4. The exterior of The Great Rose Window.
Gothic Stained Glass Windows
The exterior of The Great Rose Window.
In Europe, the art of stained glass reached its height between 1150 and 1500, when magnificent windows were created for great cathedrals.

5. Gothic Stained Glass Windows
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres, stained glass of the Virgin and Child
ca. 1170

6. Renaissance Stained Glass Windows
Renaissance stained glass is very different from that of the previous period. Figures represent abstract ideas.
The Visitation, 1444 Probably Strasbourg; From the Carmelite church at Boppard-am-Rhein

7. Decline of Stained Glass
Between the late 1500’s and the 1800’s stained glass:
Fell from favor.
Castles, palaces, and churches were destroyed due to
Political issues
Religious reasons
Social conditions

8. Art Nouveau Stained Glass
Art Nouveau style
Principal characteristic is
curving lines.
Principal subject is nature.

9. Louis Tiffany 1848-1933 http://www.macklowegallery.com/tiff_lamps.html
                        
                        
                        
                        
                         

10. Inventor of the opalescent stained glass window
John Le Farge
(1835–1910)
Inventor of the opalescent stained glass window
Lunette: Panel from the Cornelius Vanderbilt II House, New York, ca. 1880–82 John La Farge Leaded opalescent glass

11. John Le Farge Welcome, 1908-9 John La Farge
Leaded opalescent glass, cloisonné glass, copper
wire, and paint

12. Holy Cross, Woodchurch, England
Contemporary Stained Glass
Holy Cross, Woodchurch, England

13. Contemporary Stained Glass

14. Contemporary Stained Glass

15. Contemporary Stained Glass
So Bright © Vividline, Inc.

16. Contemporary Stained Glass
Thomas Kinkade
"The Light of Peace"
stained glass window

17. Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Contemporary Stained Glass
Sir Edward Burne-Jones
"Viking Ship"
stained glass window