How to Look at Stained Glass

How to Look at Stained Glass
Author: Jane Brocket
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2018-05-31
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1838608702

A fresh, unstuffy guide to the stained-glass windows of England's churches, including a list of the top 50 places to see outstanding examples. The magical qualities of stained glass have an enduring appeal, but church windows tend to be ignored as a form of creative and artistic expression. Yet churches are accessible treasure trove of history, art and craftsmanship. No other set of historic buildings with such superb and important architectural and artists assets is as easy to visit. How to Look at Stained Glass is the companion guide that's needed to make sense of and enjoy the vast array of stained-glass windows in the churches of England. This fresh, unstuffy guide: - Uses an A-Z format to reveal a multitude of fascinating details - all the way from apples to zig-zags - Explores stained glass by themes, patterns, designs and effects - Requires no previous historical, artistic or religious knowledge - Covers all the major periods and styles, from medieval to modern, Victorian to postwar, eighteenth century to Arts and Crafts, figurative to abstract - Examines the fascinating and evolving iconography of stained glass - Makes looking at gloriously colourful, artistically important windows both entertaining and rewarding - Features a list of the top 50 places to see outstanding examples - Offers a useful index of churches by county

Stained Glass

Stained Glass
Author: Aidan McRae Thomson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2018-10-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1445683253

Britain’s churches, great houses and civic buildings are treasure houses, adorned with a collection of vivid stained glass that is the envy of the world. This is the perfect introduction to this too-often overlooked art form.

Simplifying Design & Color for Artists

Simplifying Design & Color for Artists
Author: Linda Kemp
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2013-11-08
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1440325340

When you become a better designer and colorist, you become a better painter. Painting doesn't have to be complicated to be good. In fact, it shouldn't be. Artist and best-selling author Linda Kemp (Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines) bypasses all the complexities of design and color to focus on a fresh, simplified strategy for success that features negative painting--a method that uses the space around your subject to help define it. Improve your painting step by step with projects and exercises that will help your work stand out from the crowd. With Simplifying Design & Color for Artists, you'll learn: • Strategies for creating simple yet effective compositions, focusing on the relationship between shape, space, and color. • Useful tips on color--how to simplify it, mix your own, and work with value, hue and intensity. • Techniques for designing with shape: size and edge, layering, and building dimension and movement. • 18 step-by-step projects in watercolor and acrylic. The approach may be simple, but your art will be spectacular!

RIBA Journal

RIBA Journal
Author: Royal Institute of British Architects
Publisher:
Total Pages: 674
Release: 1906
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Boat Joinery and Cabinet Making Simplified

Boat Joinery and Cabinet Making Simplified
Author: Fred Bingham
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 1993-05-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780070053076

Aimed at boaters, this book is about building things of wood. Written by an experienced boatbuilder /designer, it presents joinery techniques and gimmicks that were born of trial and error. It provides alternative procedures for many of the projects, telling how to make them by Method A, Method B, and Method C.

Artistic Glass: One Studio and Fifty Years of Stained Glass

Artistic Glass: One Studio and Fifty Years of Stained Glass
Author: Cloe Joël Aigner
Publisher: ECW Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2020-01-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1773055224

Celebrating 50 years of a master craftsman Arts and crafts help define a culture; they reflect people’s values, beliefs, and the things they hold dear. Artistic Glass: One Studio & Fifty Years of Stained Glass is the first of its kind: a full-color large format art book contextualizing the history of stained glass in Canada and showcasing the life and work of Josef Aigner, an artist and master craftsman whose 50-year career has had a lasting impact on the Canadian art landscape. Written and photographed by the artist’s daughter, Cloe Aigner, Artistic Glass presents a visually stunning showcase and unique insight into the world of stained glass. Celebrating the mastery, innovation, and skill underlying the art form, Artistic Glass illustrates the diverse use of age- old and contemporary techniques behind the projects and reveals the processes of the artist, lifting the veil from this ancient craft. One of Canada’s most pervasive public forms of art, stained glass is a tradition worth acknowledgment and celebration. This is a full-colour fixed layout digital book intended to be viewed on tablets, smartphones and desktop computers. This book may not be compatible with other eReading devices.

Sidelights, Fanlights and Transoms Stained Glass Pattern Book

Sidelights, Fanlights and Transoms Stained Glass Pattern Book
Author: Ed Sibbett
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2012-09-28
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 048613928X

These 180 simple designs in traditional formats for stained glass projects include a tremendous variety of patterns that includes birds, fish, florals, abstracts, geometrics, and other charming motifs.

From Pain to Purpose

From Pain to Purpose
Author: Chris McQuay
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2012-09
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1618623079

When experiencing a crisis, you will find yourself inundated with a flood of intense emotions, negative thoughts, and physical reactions. If you don't understand what's happening, the stress of the situation will be compounded by helplessness, fear, guilt, confusion, and the feeling of being completely out of control. If you understand what's causing the intense emotions, you will be better equipped to make it through the crisis experience in a healthy and even victorious manner. Everyone faces a crisis at some point. Whether it is in the form of the loss of a loved one, an unwanted divorce, a disabling accident, a frightening medical diagnosis, a natural disaster, or some other unexpected life-altering event, crisis comes to us all. In this inspiration guide, Chris McQuay ivites readers along on an allegorical journey with a young girl named Gabriella. With only the lessons that she's gleaned from her papa and the help of the Guidebook that he's given her, she sets out across the Mountains of Crisis in order find her High Calling. As readers follow this expedition, Chris explains how the lessons that Gabriella learns can benefit us all. With the wisdom that comes from life experience, Chris shows readers what crisis can look like, how it can effect us, and how we can overcome through faith and perseverance. The path to your high calling may lead through crisis, but you too can journey From Pain to Purpose.