Stained Glass: From its Origins to the Present

by Virginia Chieffo Raguin

A comprehensive survey of the styles, history, artists, designs, techniques, and tools of stained glass art returns the origins of stained glass among the ancient Egyptians and Romans and traces the progress of this beautiful art through the Byzantine and Gothic eras to the present. 12,500 first printing.

Genres: Art

288 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2003

Reviews

[Jackie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I became interested in stained glass, or glass-in-lead as I explored quilting patterns. This book did not disappoint, as one can see from the cover page. I like both the past and the present use of design to make repetition original and not repetitive duplication.

[Tara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. It is about stained glass windows which sounded kind of boring. But it is really interesting the meaning behing the figures and how stained glass windows got started.