Jasmine Allen

Windows for the world

Nineteenth-century stained glass and the international exhibitions, 1851-1900

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Produktbeschreibung

This study focuses on the significance of the displays of stained glass at several international exhibitions held in Britain, France, the USA and Australia between 1851 and 1900. It provides new perspectives for the study of nineteenth-century stained glass, within these temporary secular exhibition contexts. -- .

Produktdetails

• Studies in Design and Material Culture
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 674g
• ISBN-13: 9781526174512
• ISBN-10: 1526174510
• Artikelnr.: 67740264

Autorenporträt

Jasmine Allen is Director and Curator of The Stained Glass Museum, the only museum dedicated to the art of stained glass in the UK, which boasts a national collection of stained glass from medieval to modern. She gained her PhD from the University of York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Exhibiting stained glass: classification, organisation and
status 2 A multitude of displays 3 Stylistic eclecticism in
nineteenth-century stained glass 4 Competition and exchange: exhibitors and
their networks 5 Stained glass as propaganda Conclusion: reappraising
nineteenth-century stained glass Appendix Bibliography Index