The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-05-18
PAINTING ON GLASS.
WORKS Of Art r. % fu.ed by ArtI4fs OF III.
FDurfseutlf Ger, tstrv.


WORKS of Art % fu-ed by ArtI.ts OF tfas
F0urteentli Cen fary.
The early windows were marked bi
simplicity ii design aud br.lliaacy Of
color Il the thirteenth century M
Improvement in design took plao 1.-The
afciit apparently supplying the Il =
ur 5. IL No may Judge froan '.lbe works
OF Wilafs lie Honecort. who has left
amo x his ,lra wings scnrcs of studies
Of figures. draperies aud proper lion. .
In those days there was less subiivi.
sion ~ ils mr. - tiian II The case now.
and so .'tbe glass- painter often en-.
brncnil In his work the whole art OF
his lr fession. from the first prtpars-
tion Of the glass o tho painting of ths
finished wi dow; ~ Iu the cas- Of The
Alsalian glnas pai ,ter. J ,an Il Kirk
h i'm. who ex cut Il great
works In s rasburg G tho
dral. (about A. ID 1919 }
where he IL described rs Y,lreator
factor vitr0rum, giass-ea or. P.etor
In England much destruction Of works
81 arts aud of records took place o.
casional'y. however thay wers In
NehtOhSlg pit1stftta ~ iDf IH- hHGss
the records If N wst al Abbeg.
(which lay for centuries uusus peciel
In The brass ball OF its leeferl, now
8 andiHg ~ the choir of s ,uthwell
Minister" NJ ,st OF tbs glass was f.,r-
eign. as. 9. e. tho windows for Ri
vanlx Abbe. which wore sent from
Franco in t14l In 1898 Wa coms
upon the name OF an Eigl sli glass
painter. which i preserve in the his
tory of Exeter Cathedral, where for
40 feet of painted glass. and other
such work. Walter the G. azier' WIS
paid various sums A few year after
Walter 81 Exeser." the name of
..R bert af York il l,r ,serveti. as llav-
Ing been paid In 1888 at the rate Of
Twelve pence Per foot fir his
painieI glass. lie painted the
great west window Of York CT
thedral. Another name occurs in
the records of Exster Cathe Iral
that OF X ,bcrt Lyen. CA. ID. 1891 J
Men Of his craft were held in high
estim ttiou in rmer times. b,ing re-
II we'd from imposts un Ter the T. nps-
rs.r$ Constantine. Theoiosins anl
yaleniinian; and at Venice ths mas
er GLACIERS of Murano were honoreI
by high social privileges. admitting
them 10 iutermarriage with the Ysne-
tian nobility. and tn the rank Of
their iibro a. oro.' The destruction 81
painted glass was II no country grea' :
er than in italy. where this .anch OF
art was little appreciated Indeel.
with walls adorned with mosaics and
freScoes. there is more need OF pure
sunlight than variousiy-coiorej light
shining through glass windows There
was school of art Ia F.orencs. Mt tho
convent outside ih- Porfa a Pinii.
In 1888. and where. until the sisgi
In 1923. when 1t was entirely
ruined. they employed them
e yes il the prac leo of
various ar :. and pre-eminently in
glass painting. Their prior pre-
pared with his own hands tho ultra
marine for Pictro Pcrugino for the
fre- which he painted on the walls
of The convent; aud for Michel Angelo.
upon his Undertaking The fresc res on
the vanliing of the Sistine Chapel in
the Vatican" b fore the end Of the
fiurteen h century this art had al
tained to emincnce in nor. hera and
c ntral Italy. bat it rarely penetrated
tho south. Instances are given OF
glass painters of Siena and Pisa.
among whom two. ..about the ye sr
1860. filed with their painted g'ass
the arcade on tia. two sides Of the
Campo Sln,o. for the preservation of
the frcseoes thero from the action of
LEA brrrz ss-B da Scarperia and
L .onar.lo F.orentine. - Ed iaJurgh
Fga rto