Viggo Rambusch One of the most exciting moments in a church's history takes place when the congregation is ready to proceed with glazing one or more of their window openings with stained glass. Here the budget is an overriding factor for new windows. For example, fragmentation considers how many pieces per square foot. The smaller the pieces, the richer the color, the more glazing, the more expensive.
Medieval windows are rich in color and detail and are made of many small pieces.
A very simple window might have a diamond pattern overall with a central medallion. An expensive window might have an elaborate scene with many figures. The budget really sets the labor and material content, as well as the number of hours allowed for painting and firing, which is necessary to accomplish the figure work. Architectural Design Windows in a Gothic church would be designed very differently than in a Georgian church with its mullions and muntins, i.e., rectangular panes, though both could either be simple inexpensive windows or rich, painted and detailed windows. Modern glass is again a different style, sometimes with large open fields of glass that can be developed beautifully, with color and movement.