A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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Glazing Medieval Buildings
Any window can serve the practical end of keeping birds and the elements out of a building, while allowing light to enter. Studies focused on materiality have drawn attention to the fact that the historiated window is but one application in the long history of the versatile medium of glass. Despite many important early examples, stained glass is generally associated with Gothic architecture from the mid‐twelfth century and later, its skeletal walls and tall proportions offering an optimal framework for extensive glazing ensembles. Medieval literature makes occasional references to stained glass, and these hint at some of the ways that windows were regarded. In German‐ speaking countries, the Romantic movement cultivated the medieval past as a high point of culture, a positive climate further enhanced by the linkage of the liturgical revival with governmental commissions.
Glazing Medieval Buildings
Any window can serve the practical end of keeping birds and the elements out of a building, while allowing light to enter. Studies focused on materiality have drawn attention to the fact that the historiated window is but one application in the long history of the versatile medium of glass. Despite many important early examples, stained glass is generally associated with Gothic architecture from the mid‐twelfth century and later, its skeletal walls and tall proportions offering an optimal framework for extensive glazing ensembles. Medieval literature makes occasional references to stained glass, and these hint at some of the ways that windows were regarded. In German‐ speaking countries, the Romantic movement cultivated the medieval past as a high point of culture, a positive climate further enhanced by the linkage of the liturgical revival with governmental commissions.
Glazing Medieval Buildings
Rudolph, Conrad (editor) / Pastan, Elizabeth Carson (author)
A Companion to Medieval Art ; 627-656
2019-04-15
30 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
| Wiley | 2006
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