It was in ancient Rome that stained glass windows were first created and admired, being simple compositions of colored glass. It was between 1150 and 1500 that stained glass art reached its peak in Europe, where large, historiated windows were being created for cathedrals (Metmuseum.org, 2014). These windows were “illuminated visual sermons of biblical stories,” and greatly changed the way the congregation learned about religion (Reynolds, 2013, p. 3). It wasn’t until the late 1800s that stained glass artists began making secular-themed windows. Another art form that became popular in the late 1800s was glass paperweights. It is thought that the first glass paperweight was created in Venice by the glass artist Pietro Bigaglia around 1845 (Exhibits.museum.state.il.us, 2014). Four artists, featured at the Corning Museum of Glass, who pushed the boundaries of the way these everyday items were created were Louis Comfort Tiffany, Jean Crotti and Roger Malherbe-Navarre, and the Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat.
Louis Comfort Tiffany was originally trained as a painter, but began studying the techniques of glassmaking when he was 24. In 1885, Tiffany established his own studios, employing teams of designers and craftspeople to translate his vision into works material works of art (Morsemuseum.org, 2014). Tiffany Studios, during its 50-year history, produced an approximated 5,000 windows. Many of these windows had religious themes, such as The Righteous Shall Receive a Crown of Glory (Tiffany, 1901). This window’s theme “celebrates victory over death, and the joyous theme of resurrection” (Cmog.org, 2014). Tiffany’s window depictions were overall more optimistic than most other 19th-century stained glass memorials, w...
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...fiori canes, including some silhouettes, on a background of white filigree, and the third and smallest dome contains an upright blue lampworked flower with green foliage. The 3-Tiered Paperweight is made of three separate paperweights made with different techniques, which were then “reheated and then fused together. Due to the fact that each time a paperweight is reheated the danger of destroying it increases, this is quite a technical achievement” (Cmog.org, 2014).
These artists all pushed the limits of the materials and concepts they were working with. Louis Tiffany, Jean Crotti, and Roger Malherbe-Navarre all developed new ideas and techniques for stained glass, and the Compagnie Des Verreries Et Cristalleries De Baccarat took an new glasswork technique and mad it into an everyday object. All of these people offer different innovations to the world of glasswork.
Regardless of taste, an appreciator of art should be able to recognize when an artist exerts a large amount of effort and expresses a great amount of creativity. Understanding the concepts incorporated by truly talented artists helps the viewer better understand art in general. Both Van Eyck and Velasquez are examples of artists that stood out in their time due to their unique vision and their innovative style, and are therefore remembered, recognized, and praised even centuries after their works were completed.
I observed a very unique series of photographs by Vik Muniz called Seeing is Believing. Vik Muniz’s images are not simply photography but are pictures of complicated pieces of art he has produced at earlier times. Utilizing an array of unorthodox materials including granulated sugar, chocolate syrup, sewing thread, cotton, wire, and soil Muniz first creates an image, sculpturally manipulates it and then photographs it. Muniz’s pictures include portraits, landscapes, x-rays, and historical images.
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As walking into “The American Wing”, I was astonished by the beautiful designs of the oil glass lamps. There were three oil lamps that were on display. Each oil lamp was designed by Boston and Sandwich Glass Company (1825-88). Oil lamps were an essential component in America in the beginning of the 19th century. These lamps designed by clear glass plate with colored glass and designed by a colored layer. There is one large oil glass lamp that was designed with a striking cut-glass stem and its hanging prisms were called a “solar lamp” for the solar deflector over the flame. It is incredible how these lamps are designed, with its bright colors.
...lry. She incorporated Classical, Gothic and Renaissance architecture to make uniquely gorgeous pieces of jewelry. My favorite in this display were the stunning Watch Tower Earrings. The sterling silver pieces are quite large but they look like a pair of actual watch towers.
Many might have been working on Good Friday, but many others were enjoying The Frist Museum of Visual Arts. A museum visitor visited this exhibit on April 14, 2017 early in the morning. The time that was spent at the art museum was approximately two hours and a half. The first impression that one received was that this place was a place of peace and also a place to expand the viewer’s imagination to understand what artists were expressing to the viewers. The viewer was very interested in all the art that was seen ,but there is so much one can absorb. The lighting in the museum was very low and some of the lighting was by direction LED lights. The artwork was spaciously
Keefe, John Webster. Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years: 1918-1968. Toledo, Ohio: Toledo Museum of Art, 1968.
...ic lighting thanks to intricate stained glass windows. These glorious structures built by some of the humblest of men have offered a vestige of the divine for people in the past and the present and will carry on into the future.
Van Eyck’s work of the Ghent Altarpiece was not simply a representation of symbols that alluded to Christianity. Van Eyck’s vivid sense of the actual world allowed him to be able to reconstruct reality along with its endless limitations. His audience was so extensively involved with his paintings that it may seem almost esoteric. T...
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Time has taught humanity many things. From stone walls to wooden tree houses to glass homes. As far as creation is concerned, glass was and is necessary. Though some cities differ in the use of glass materials they are alike with some architectural aspects. From manufacturing companies for cars to your grandmother’s fine china; we’re talking about glass use of interior design. Some materials of glass are more expensive than others due to the use and weight of glass. With glass windows to windows to cars, glass has become a major factor in society without a doubt. Time has given us many things; stained glass for instance was even use as a symbol for religious purposes. Today we will discover three topics on how of an importance glass is in interior
Dale Chihuly was born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington. He currently lives in Seattle with his wife and son. He was introduced to glass while studying interior design at the University of Washington. He graduated in 1965, and enrolled in the first glass program in the country at University of Wisconsin. After graduating, he had continued his education at Rhode Island School of Design graduating with an M.F.A where he established a glass program and taught over a decade (“Learn More”). He works with a team to produce his phenomenal glass sculptures. He has work in over 200 museums worldwide.
Baim, Joseph. "Past and Present in D. H. Lawrence's 'A Fragment of Stained Glass.'" Studies in
In the early 1920s being a woman and owning your own business was unheard of and thought of as “daring”. Women back then weren't really thought of as being business owners. It was a common way of life that a woman back then would just get married and have children. One woman challenged this way of thinking, her name was Dorothy Draper. Dorothy Draper was the first person to make interior design into a real career, and not just people arranging their homes on their own. She was established in 1923, her business was called Dorothy Draper & Company. With her blends concoction of color and classical furniture she really made a name for herself and invented the term and design practice of “Modern Baroque” (Dorothy Draper & Company,1). Though she
Best known for his use of color, Henri Matisse cleverly cultivated his status as a modern artist using many different styles of painting from Impressionism to Fauvism. The artwork of Matisse has been a milestone in the history of painting. Henri Matisse’s self-proclaimed masterpiece, however, a chapel in Vence, France, is a small, minimalist building. The amalgamation of modern art and the sacred creates a unique spiritual experience in that it welcomes Christians and non-Christians alike to appreciate the artist’s religious symbolism. The elegantly simple architecture of the chapel, the use of light in the space, and the binary of colors on opposite walls have a calming, cleansing, and transformative effect that is undeniable.