Stained glass as an interface between art and architecture

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dc.contributor.author Janse van Rensburg, Ariane
dc.date.accessioned 2012-02-21T10:29:17Z
dc.date.available 2012-02-21T10:29:17Z
dc.date.created 2012-02-17
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.description.abstract Stained glass occupies a conjunction between glass painting as art and windows as architectural components. Originating as a form of painting, it was an integrated element in the architectural design of gothic cathedrals. Paintings and windows diverged over centuries while stained glass largely became added decoration until the time of the arts and crafts movement, when certain architects re-embraced it, designing their own glass decoration. This architectural awareness of the potential of art glass eventually led, on the one hand, to the first conceptual integration of glass art and architecture since the middle ages, and on the other hand to the emancipation of glass art from architecture, generating new three-dimensional techniques which can again be introduced into buildings. This article outlines different types of creative relationships between artists, architects and glaziers and briefly looks at some of the possibilities being explored in glass art within architecture. en_US
dc.description.abstract Les vitraux-peints comme rendez-vous entre l’art et l’architecture: Les vitraux-peints ont leur demeure dans la peinture et dans l’architecture, comme fenêtre. Peinture d’origine, elle s’est intégrée dans l’architecture des cathédrales gotiques. D’après, la peinture et l’architecture se sont séparées, pendant que les vitraux sont devenus décorations ajoutées jusqu’au temps des «arts and crafts», quand certaines des architectes avaient encore découvert des vitraux peints, en dessinant leur propre décoration. Cette savoir du potentiel du verre avait, comme résultat, à l’un coté la première intégration de l’architecture et du vitrail dés le moyen âge, et à l’autre, l’émancipation du vitrail de l’architecture, en créant des nouvelles méthodes à trois dimensions, qui peuvent se présenter à l’architecture de nouveau. Cette article définit des parentés créatrices entre des architectes, des artistes et des vitriers et considère, en bref, des exemples courants de l’art de verre dans l’architecture. en_US
dc.format.extent 13 p. en_US
dc.format.medium PDF en_US
dc.identifier.citation Janse van Rensburg, A 2009, 'Stained glass as an interface between art and architecture', South African Journal of Art History, vol. 24, no. 3, pp 104-116. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajah.html] en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0258-3542
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18206
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Art Historical Work Group of South Africa en_US
dc.rights Art Historical Work Group of South Africa en_US
dc.subject Art en_US
dc.subject Architecture en_US
dc.subject Stained glass en_US
dc.subject Glass painting en_US
dc.subject Church architecture en_US
dc.subject Architectural glass en_US
dc.subject Windows en_US
dc.subject Gothic architecture en_US
dc.subject Arts and Crafts movement en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Art -- History en
dc.subject.lcsh Architecture -- History en
dc.title Stained glass as an interface between art and architecture en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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