Cheshire Stained glass and the Victorian Gothic revival

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2565-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Web PDF, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm

Reihe: Studies in Design and Material Culture

An enlightening work that traces the emergence of the market for stained glass in Victorian England, containing new insights into the Gothic Revival and the relationship between architecture and the decorative arts. Beautifully illustrated throughout it covers the glass-painter and patron, as well as how stained glass was priced, bought and sold.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cheshire, Jim

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Keramik, Porzellan, Glaskunst

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures
Preface and acknowledgements
1. Stained glass and Victorian culture
2. Victorian glass-painters and their inheritence
3. Glass-painters: John Toms of Wellington
4. Glass-painters: the Beer family of Exeter
5. Glass-painters: Joseph Bell of Bristol
6. Glazing projects: St. Michael and All Angels, Sowton and St. Mary the Virgin, Ottery St. Mary
7. The revival of stained glass - how and why the market spread

Über Autor(innen)

Jim Cheshire is Lecturer in the History of Art and Design at the Lincoln School of Art and Design, University of Lincoln