- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Mercat Press; illustrated edition edition (1 Oct 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0114957932
- ISBN-13: 978-0114957933
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.4 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 877,660 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This volume examines the history of stained glass in Scotland. Topics covered include: Scotland's medieval stained glass; Celtic visions and arts and crafts; and war damage.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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The definitive guide to Scottish stained glass,
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This review is from: Scottish Stained Glass: Making the Colours Sing (Discovering Historic Scotland) (Paperback)
A very well-illustrated guide to Scottish stained glass artists beginning with the Victorian Gothic Revival and continuing up to the present day. It is stronger on Scotland's west coast than on the east, but is undoubtedly the definitive book on this subject.
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Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau stained glass masterpieces,
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This review is from: Scottish Stained Glass: Making the Colours Sing (Discovering Historic Scotland) (Paperback)
With an emphasis on the period 1880 to 1910, this book is a must for anyone who is looking for superb stained glass examples of the Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau periods. As it happens, the examples are all drawn from Scotland (and mostly from the west coast because Glasgow style was so much better than that produced in dull conservative Edinburgh). There is no such book for stained glass in England for the period that I know of, more is the pity. So this book will just have to stand in for the whole of Britain. I take this book to show my customers examples of leaded glass to give them inspiration. It is, alas, the ONLY book of any use for this purpose. When a cheap secondhand copy comes up for sale on Amazon I will buy it for fear of losing my copy.
Because it is only the best of the best that is featured here, it means that the ordinary stained glass of the period, made by building firms rather than the top glass studios, is absent. And this means that ecclesiastical glass is more heavily represented than I would like. And the best of the best means a great deal of "staining" (i.e. painting) is depicted, rather than simple leaded windows. What I wouldn't give for the book to be twice the length and include more of the mundane domestic stained glass of Scotland in the period.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Why is it out of print?,
By Rona Moody - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scottish Stained Glass: Making the Colours Sing (Discovering Historic Scotland) (Paperback)
The first real book - as opposed to pamphlets - about stained glass in Scotland. It's amazing that this book is out of print so soon - you'd think, then, that the publishers might realise it was a popular title. Michael Donnelly's incredibly knowledgeable about stained glass in Scotland, but the book is very readable as well as scholarly. Bit short on 20th century East coast artists; presume this will be rectified in the next issue... It could also do with some large pictures and an extra 100 pages. Publishers please note. A great introduction to Scottish stained glass, though.
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Essential starter on the subject,
By F. E. Andrews - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scottish Stained Glass: Making the Colours Sing (Discovering Historic Scotland) (Paperback)
Despite my involvement in Scottish glass history, stained glass was not a strong feature of my knowledge. This book rectified that and I note the comment in an earlier review on it's weaknesses - so I still have more to learn :-)
The author has also been responsible for saving a lot of Scottish stained glass from the demolition of buildings. |
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