Overview

By the first half of the sixteenth century, German stained glass had reached astonishing heights of artistic and conceptual sophistication. Although often made for churches, not all stained glass of this period was religious; subject matter included landscapes, genre scenes, and heraldic imagery, as well as Biblical scenes. This title examines a group of German stained glass panels, both religious and secular, alongside paintings of the same period to illuminate the stylistic and compositional relationships between the two crafts. Among the many featured works are prints by Durer that were later used as sources for glass designs as well as drawings by other artists and the stained glass works produced after them. Also included is a striking stained glass window made for Mariawald Abbey and the National Gallery's painted panels of about the same date completed for the altarpiece of Liesborn Abbey. Comparisons of these masterpieces reveal the interconnectedness between artist and craftsman and 'fine' and decorative arts during this time.

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The Art of Light is a brief, but dazzling catalogue...an amiable introduction to an especially creative period of stained-glass making in Renaissance Germany and poses relevant questions about art production and technology, aesthetics, and the transmission of ideas between artists, patrons and craftsmen. --;i>The Sixteenth Century Journal --Amy Prescher The Sixteenth Century Journal

The Art of Light is a brief, but dazzling catalogue. . . . An amiable introduction to an especially creative period of stained-glass making in Renaissance Germany and poses relevant questions about art production and technology, aesthetics, and the transmission of ideas between artists, patrons and craftsmen. --Amy Prescher, The Sixteenth Century Journal --Amy Prescher The Sixteenth Century Journal

Author Information

Susan Foister is Director of Collections and Curator of Early Netherlandish, German, and British Paintings at the National Gallery, London. She is author of Holbein and England and Durer and the Virgin in the Garden and co-author of Making and Meaning: Holbein's Ambassadors and Durer to Veronese, all distributed by Yale.

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