Discovering Stained Glass

Harries, John (revised by Carola Hicks)

ISBN 10: 074780205X / ISBN 13: 9780747802051

Published by Shire Publications, UK, 2001

About this Item

A guide to stained glass to help the general reader and church visitor to know what glass to look for and where to look for it. The subject matter, techniques of manufacture and historical development, and a county-by-county gazetteer of buildings worth visiting for their stained glass; 4 1/4 x 7 ".

Seller Inventory # 7785

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Discovering Stained Glass
• Publisher: Shire Publications, UK
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074780205X
• ISBN 13: 9780747802051
• Binding: Paperback, Stiff Covers
• Illustrator: Hicks, Carola
• Edition: 3rd Edition, Revised and Expanded.
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Glass & Pottery

About this title

Synopsis

Most churches and cathedrals in Britain contain stained glass: even the most unassuming buildings may have spectactular windows full of figures painted as if by coloured light. The wealth of imagery dates not only from the middle ages but also from the nineteenth century, when the majority of existing windows were made. Must of this later glass is very finely designed and of great interest. The earlier glass is rare and often not in its original position: we need to understand the intentions of the designers and craftsmen in order to appreciate it fully.

About the Author

Carola Hicks studied Archaeology and History of Art at Edinburgh University and completed a Ph.D. on medieval art and iconography. Having taken up a research fellowship at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, she went on to write her first book, Animals in Early Medieval Art. She later became Curator of the Stained Glass Museum at Ely Cathedral, where she wrote Discovering Stained Glass. She now teaches art history to adult and undergraduate students at the University of Cambridge and is Director of Studies in History of Art at Newnham College as well as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. She died in 2010.