Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-12-08
crystalline glass, and is apatent OF Mr.

crystalline glass, and is A Datent of Mr.
Gibsons own.
Yet AMIN one color NAV ho crvstaI
lized upon another, as ruby upon am
bur. (0l course the word @cryslulliz.p
must be taken in partial sense re.
ferring TO appearance onH. as glass in
this shape Is, believr, not a crystal
at all, but quite formless and ielly like
in It's inward construction. CRYSTAL
and plain glass may bo found in the
same piece and all these kinds NAV
be lined, shaded, and crosshatcbed with
dark enamel which is brcd In. like
painting. All these Varieties but one
are liable to be found ju eonlbination
IN the usual church windows. The
cry stalllne glass Is tho most effective
in saints garment, and draperics But
as Mr.. Brooks says in Middlemurcb'
"We mustn't let il 20 u art, really
think the crystaline giass q overdJ Jtia
ir many Of Mr. GlbsUn's designs. A
whole window OF il, in soft, hat tints
and conventional patterns, is beauti.
iul; but when used in combination too
much Of II brings on u mussy appear
ance.
ia all but the antique windows the
the heads aud handsof the principal
figures are almost sure TO be one OF
slugle pieces painted in imitation orI
painting Here we may class, too,
the single panes of elaborately painled
glass that we often see hung up to The
light ia private houses. Many cele.
brated pictures OF the old masters are
copied IN this way. All this kind of
thing is out Of Taste, to attempt the
delicate graditlons, the shades of ex.
preston, the flush that poorly takes
the place Of suggestveness is an artis.
tic CRIME FnstIy, 1t does III what
another branch OF art can do well
SeGundly, II negects its own fields, in
which II should be supreme. IL must
be remembered that IN these metallic
tints, which alone can be fired, the
color effect of the real picture is only
travestied. All that is kept of the
original Is the generx composition.
and in return for all that is lost, we
gst only certain glow and brllliancy
which are indeed attractive The
great glass factory at Munich, running
under Governmentpalru impress.
ed me AS being Tor thus season alto.
gether on the wrong track. But then.
all tOrclble direction OF the arts, how.
ever well meant, always does result in
disaster
Sill, we need not feel bound to do ,
any iconoclastlc mashng of Dresden /
porcelain, enamelled pictures, or OF /
SoVres vases, or our pretty colored
church windows. Only let us work /
up intelligently TO something better.
towards which the "antiQue style" is
an attempt
This glass Is first remarkable for
what IL leaves out, namely: fneness,
graduation, detail. Not trying to be a ,
picture " tries 10 make tho utmost OF
ts opportunities in the ways of artis /,
NC decorative effect. IL usually has u I
small figure or group in each sash of I
simple conventional, even archaic dc.
sign. The leaden joints are evident, /,
The tints are fiat the shading is In I
coarse strokes OF dark enamel Around d
The sash may be set border and the q
arge Intervening space IS filled in,
,obble-stone fashion, with irregular
plces oi glass ~ oioooi related coiofs.
Uf this sort are TO be seen in a
many Cleveland houses, among others I
y that of Mr.. Harmon, on Euclid ave. !
que, Such us they are, they are the i
most sati,iactory Of all kinds, and h
Am bound To say that the Bucker firm, !
who do not admit visitors seemed TO /,
excel ln making them.
In getting the separate pieces of n
glass ready to be put together there G
ireseveral processes, such AS the firing, |
lcid. .biung, cnamelng, etc, which are /
exceedingly interesting TO witness, i
but which cannot well be described 4
without the aid of mnstration, bat / il
will try TO show how tho nieces i