Stained Glass: From Its Origins to the Present

by Virginia Chieffo Raguin

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Surveys the history, styles, artists, designs, techniques, and tools of stained glass art, tracing its progress from the ancient Egyptians and Romans, through the Byzantine and Gothic eras, to the present.

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I'll admit that I haven't read the text of this book yet, but the photos are lovely and worth the $30 US that I paid for the book.

(Posted 12/20/2007)
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Virginia Chieffo Raguin is distinguished professor of humanities at the College of the Holy Cross and a member of the Holy Cross and a member of the International Corpus Vitearum. She has published widely on religion, stained glass, and architecture.

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Stained Glass: From Its Origins to the Present

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Art & Design, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction, History
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748.5Arts & recreationDrawing & decorative artsGlassStained Glass
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NK5306 .R34Fine Arts3600-(9990) Other arts and art industriesDecorative artsOther arts and art industriesGlass
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