AHA Teaching and Learning Project Teaching and Learning: Visual Literacy and Associative Thought: Keyword Stained Glass

Stained Glass

Panel with Censing Angels, ca. 1170–1180 French; Made in Troyes Stained glass, pot metal; 18 1/2 x 17 5/16 in. (47 x 44 cm) Gift of Ella Brummer, in memory of her husband, Ernest Brummer, 1977 (1977.346.1) www.metmuseum.org

Huge stained glass windows filled the churches and cathedrals of medieval Europe with what contemporaries called "holy light." This colored light symbolized the glory and magnificence of God. Stained glass windows usually tell Biblical stories or depict the lives of saints.


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