Category: Issue 146
-
Stained Glass in Germany during the Second World War: Safeguarding, Salvage, Damage and Destruction
Dr Elena Kosina, Corpus Vitrearum Deutschland The sad experience of the last three devastating wars in Europe, most recently the current war raging in Ukraine, is that works of art are only recognised when the greatest damage has already been done. This is particularly evident in the history of stained glass (Fig. 1). In fact,…
-
Professor Corine Schleif (1949–2023)
Corine Schleif, art historian, born February 20, 1949 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, passed away on December 8, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona. An esteemed scholar of medieval and Renaissance art, she has left us with an extensive body of work that questions the motivations of patrons, artists, and art historians, explores intersensorality and emotion, and challenges the…
-
Alicia Y. Waldstein-Wartenberg, Glasmalerei des Historismus in Wien unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der ehemaligen Ausstattung des Stephansdoms.
Glasmalerei Monografien Bd. 3. Wien-Erfurt, 2023, pp. 400, 136 illustrations, mostly in colour. EUR 39. ISBN 978-3-00-077211-5 Reviewed by Elgin Vaassen, Munich The now published thesis of Alicia Y. Waldstein-Wartenberg (Fig. 1) fills a gap in the history and the decor of the Stephansdom in Vienna and builds a bridge to other prominent historicist glazing…
-
Exhibition Review: The Glass Heart: Art, Industry & Collaboration
Two Temple Place, London WC2R 3BD, 27 January 2024 – 21 April 2024 (open Tuesday to Sunday, https://twotempleplace.org/visit-us/). Entry free. Reviewed by Stephen Huws The relationship between art and industry is essential to the understanding of stained glass in the nineteenth century.1 This is the starting point for the new exhibition at Two Temple Place…
-
Professor Madeline H. Caviness Honoured by the French Minister of Culture
Vidimus warmly congratulates Professor Caviness on her receipt in December 2023 of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, awarded by the French Minister of Culture. In the words of the citation, ‘The Order recognizes eminent artists and creators. and those who have contributed significantly to furthering the arts and culture in France and throughout…
-
The Conservation of Heat Damaged Micro-Cracked Stained Glass: A York Minster Case Study
Susanna Wyse Jackson MA, The York Glaziers Trust This article outlines an emerging approach to the conservation of heat damaged, micro-cracked stained glass. This has developed out of the conservation of York Minster’s window S5 (Fig. 1). The York Glaziers Trust (YGT) began work on this window in November 2023, under the direction…