Category: Issue 132
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The Path to Paradise
The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art, edited by Jessica Marten. Hardcover, 176 pages, all color illustrations (Rochester, New York, RIT Press, 2020), £52.50. ISBN-13: 9781939125736 Reviewed by Greer Ashman, Ceniza Glass Studio The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art (Fig. 1) is the companion publication to the travelling exhibition of the same…
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Lockdown Online
While most of us have welcomed the relaxation of lockdown measures, it will still be some time before we can gather together for larger events like lectures, while travel and days out will still not be possible for some. Happily, the wonders of technology have enabled many organisations to make lectures and exhibitions available online.…
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Nantes Cathedral Fire
On the 18th July, Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul Cathedral, Nantes, was severely damaged by fire, allegedly the result of arson by a volunteer church assistant. Firefighters were able to contain the blaze and save the building, but historic furnishings and artworks, including the seventeenth-century organ were destroyed. Among the losses were stained glass windows, including several…
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Historic England Releases New Guidance Note for Stained Glass
Historic England has published a new guidance note for custodians of stained glass. Stained Glass Windows: Managing Environmental Deterioration is intended to provide building owners and managers with an understanding of the impact of the environment upon stained glass deterioration, the decision-making processes involved in stained glass conservation and the point at which custodians should…
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News from the Stained Glass Museum
The Stained Glass Museum is aiming to reopen to the public, with a number of safety measures in place, from Wednesday 5 August. During August the museum will be open on fewer days and slightly reduced hours, Wednesday-Saturday, 10:30-15:30. For further updates and information please check the museum’s social media and website updates at https://stainedglassmuseum.com/visiting.html…
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New Appointments to the International Board of the Corpus Vitrearum
After eight successful years, Dr Hartmut Scholz, the outgoing President of the International Corpus Vitrearum, has warmly welcomed Professor Tim Ayers as his unanimously elected successor. Professor Ayers, who has previously served as Vice-President, is a Professor in the History of Art at the University of York, a committee member of the British CVMA and…
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Online Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Parish Church Studies: History, Heritage and Fabric
Studying the English Parish Church can be one of the most enriching pursuits in academia. A physical embodiment of religion, popular devotion, community, economy and government, these institutions encapsulate the very history of the British Isles. At the University of York, you can do just that. The only course of its kind, the two-year, part-time…
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Kempe and Espying Heaven
Kempe: The Life, Art and Legacy of Charles Eamer Kempe. By Adrian Barlow. Paperback, 336 pages; ePub, Kindle, PDF eBook (Cambridge, Lutterworth, 2018), £25 (paperback), £16.15 (eBook). ISBN: 9780718894634 (paperback) Espying Heaven: The Stained Glass of Charles Eamer Kempe and his Artists. By Adrian Barlow, photography by Alastair Carew-Cox. Hardback, 144 pages; ePub, Kindle, PDF…
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A Plague Image
A Plague Image Considered in Lockdown Uwe Gast Almost as quickly as the Coronavirus spread from China to the countries of Europe, the USA, and the rest of the world, conspiracy theories surfaced that attempted to ‘explain’ the pandemic. One of these, as fatalistic as it is dangerous, is the idea that Covid-19 is a…
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The Heart of Glass
‘The Heart of Glass’: Modern Stained-Glass Windows in Germany The potential and limits of art-historical research Reinhard Köpf, Department of Art History, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf Introduction In this article I would like to draw attention to a research initiative that has recently begun at the Department of Art History of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf and which will…