The art of stained glass is the only medium that is observed through refracted light, rather than the reflected light by which we view paintings, sculpture and photographs. This quality of stained ...

Westminster Abbey has very little medieval glass now remaining ... made of fragments of early glass. These figures are thought to represent St Edward and Edward the "Black" Prince. Around 30,000 small ...

The content discusses the Gothic art movement from 1140 to 1500 AD in Europe, emphasizing its philosophical underpinnings that combined faith and reason. Gothic architecture, exemplified by cathedrals ...

Rowan LeCompte was a world-renowned stained glass artist best known ... This documentary celebrates his unique perspective on a medieval decorative art, which he transformed into a fine art ...

Hundreds of fragments of a medieval stained glass window have been returned to a Lincolnshire church after nearly 80 years. The 14th Century window from St Andrew's Church in Heckington was ...

Apart from the beauty of the architecture, it attests to the power of Christianity in medieval France ... outstanding examples of Gothic art. The following centuries left their mark on the cathedral: ...

Stained glass reflects the centrality of religion to medieval life. Wealthy donors paid for artworks to be put into churches; for the glory of God and to remind their contemporaries to pray for them.