stained glass: Background
Background
Colored glass as window decoration is of great antiquity in East Asia. Muslim designers fitted small pieces of it into intricate window traceries of stone, wood, or plaster, and this type of window mosaic is still in use. Colored glass was used in windows of Christian churches as early as the 5th cent., and pictorial glass as early as the 10th cent.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Stained Glass in the Modern World
- Later Stained Glass
- Medieval Stained Glass
- Background
- Bibliography
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