Stained Glass

Also called Stained-glass work

Stained glass assembles coloured or painted pieces into an image that transmits light, commonly joined with lead strips. Long used in religious and public buildings, it makes the connecting lines part of the composition, while changing illumination unites colour, imagery and the architecture around it.

Kind: Medium
Lineage: Transparent and Optical Materials
Related styles: 1

Key traits

01Colored glass sections
02Joining lines shape motifs
03Transmitted light activates color

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[subject], stained-glass material, colored glass pieces with dark lead lines, transmitted sunlight, jewel red blue green, colored projections

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Cloisonné EnamelAssembled stained glass transmits light, while enamel commonly covers metal.

Sources

V&A：Stained glass: an introduction