| Stained glass is an intricate art form
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| | other public buildings in plainer form.
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| dating back before recorded history.
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| | Stained glass windows even began to be
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| Today, we are quite familiar with the
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| | removed from churches and destroyed.
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| colorful biblical scenes and symbols
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| | The diminishing interest and phasing out
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| depicted in stained glass windows
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| | of stained glass was short lived, with
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| incorporated into the aesthetic
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| | England showing a revived interest in
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| arrangement of many churches and
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| | Gothic architecture in the 1800s. Artists
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| cathedrals. It is believed that a rise in
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| | revisited and unfolded the stained glass
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| the use of stained glass aligned with an
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| | techniques of the past, and soon the
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| era when widespread church building took
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| | first stained glass studios were
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| place, sometime around the tenth century.
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| | established in America by English
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| A surge in stained glass popularity
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| | immigrants.
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| accompanied the Gothic age, alongside the
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| | Two American painters, John LaFarge and
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| construction of Europe's great
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| | Louis Comfort Tiffany, separately became
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| cathedrals. Stained glass windows
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| | interested in the art of stained glass.
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| portraying naturally illuminated,
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| | The two men soon became competitors, with
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| intensely colored images not only
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| | LaFarge copywriting opalescent glass and
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| fashioned an artistic, visually rich
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| | Tiffany becoming the frontrunner in its
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| atmosphere, but introduced a means of
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| | popularity. More advanced techniques were
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| conveying biblical tales to the widely
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| | established, such as layering glass to
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| illiterate audience of the time. The
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| | depict depth and utilizing copper instead
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| depiction of God in stained glass was
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| | of lead to enable the creation of more
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| thought to bestow a spiritual experience
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| | detailed images.
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| rather than a mere interpretation of a
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| | Exploiting the emergence of electric
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| story.
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| | lighting, Tiffany began adapting his
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| With the creation of new coloring methods
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| | technique to produce intricate lamp
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| and artistry, stained glass became an art
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| | shades to be used in the homes of the
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| form more similar to artistic painting in
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| | wealthy. After the deaths of LaFarge in
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| the 15th century. Focus shifted to
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| | 1910 and Tiffany in 1933, stained glass
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| emphasize the visual image rather than
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| | suffered decreased popularity in the
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| the atmosphere created, and stained glass
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| | United States, aside from common use in
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| craftsmen instead became glass painters.
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| | church windows.
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| The Renaissance marked a time period when
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| | Stained glass art has seen a recent surge
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| the grandeur of stained glass seemed to
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| | in popularity in the United States, being
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| be crawling toward obsolescence, with
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| | incorporated into the décor of new
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| designs becoming simpler illustrations on
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| | homes, church windows and lampshades
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| transparent backgrounds. Stained glass
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| | reminiscent of those created by Louis
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| became common in homes, churches and
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| | Comfort Tiffany many years before.
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