Art of Light: German Renaissance Stained Glass (National Gallery London) - Tapa blanda

""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 "

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.