TY - BOOK ID - 78491478 TI - Radiance and symbolism in modern stained glass : European and American innovations and aesthetic interrelations in material culture PY - 2016 SN - 1443888591 9781443888592 1443885851 9781443885850 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Glass painting and staining KW - Symbolism in art. KW - Allegory (Art) KW - Signs and symbols in art KW - Art KW - Glass, Stained KW - Painted glass KW - Stained glass KW - Decoration and ornament KW - Glass, Ornamental KW - Glass art KW - Glass craft KW - Painting KW - Glass, Colored KW - Stained glass industry KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78491478 AB - This book focuses on the aesthetic, symbolic, and cultural concepts of radiance and beauty in stained glass in modern art; global exchanges between stained-glass artists in Europe and the Americas; and the transformation of stained glass from religious decoration to secular material culture. Unique features of the book include its geographic breadth, encompassing England, France, Italy, USA, and Mexico, and its inclusion of American female glassmakers. Essays consider how stained glass became an art form during this time, and show how the narrative for the figurative design drew from the Bible ER -