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Stained Glass

Stained Glass. Art II. A Brief history…. Based on remains found at Pompeii , stained glass was first used by wealthy Romans in their villas and palaces in the first century A.D. At this time stained glass was considered a domestic luxury rather than an artistic medium.

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Stained Glass

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  1. Stained Glass Art II

  2. A Brief history… • Based on remains found at Pompeii , stained glass was first used by wealthy Romans in their villas and palaces in the first century A.D. • At this time stained glass was considered a domestic luxury rather than an artistic medium. • It began to be regarded as an art form when Constantine first permitted Christians to worship openly in 313 A.D. • The earliest surviving example of pictorial stained glass is a Head of Christ from the tenth century excavated from Lorsch Abbey in Germany.

  3. Head of Christ From the Abbey Church of S.S. Peter and Paul in Wissembourg. 1070

  4. Detail of a medieval window At troyes cathedral, France (1300s)

  5. Meyer May House, 1909. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Prairie Style. Frank Lloyd Wright

  6. Biltmore hotel Phoenix arizona 1929Frank Lloyd Wright

  7. ART II • -Must use • squares & • Rectangles (straight simple shapes!) • -Must be • 6”x6” • or smaller • -Must have • 3-9 shapes

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