Stained Glass: Masterpieces of the Modern Era

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A colorufl international survey of stained glass within the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Some see stained glass as the art of painting in space; to others, this can be a way of reworking light into a play of colours and images. Stained glass windows allow the shaping and blending of sunshine within architectural spaces. Color, texture, transparency, design, and composition are all elements that may be varied and explored to create new light effects and bring space to its full potential.

The twentieth century, with its architectural revolution in methods and materials, opened up new possibilities for stained glass. Right through the last thirty years, a really perfect many projects have been created everywhere the sector, in both new buildings and historical churches and institutions. Studies of this phenomenon have been rare until now, and this book is a pioneer within the survey of this fascinating field.

Xavier Barral i Altet is a lecturer within the history of art and former Director of the National Art Museum of Catalonia.

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