STAINED GLASS ART

Stained glass with painting

Glass is an amazing material. Many centuries ago, artists noticed the beauty and expressive power of a sunbeam passed through the colored glass of an artistic stained glass window.

In the modern world, an ornamental or plot decorative composition made of glass or other light-transmitting material is usually called "stained glass". Ancient technologies for making paintings from glass – the art of stained glass, have not been forgotten in our time.

New materials and developments have enriched this technique. The experience of stained glass masters and modern technologies make it possible to reveal the rich artistic possibilities of glass, its materiality, its ability to be not only transparent, but also shining, rough, porous, sparkling: stained glass windows acquire perspective depth, spatial plans. A rich color palette and wide texture gradations make it possible to create both ornamental and pictorial compositions.

Modern stained glass windows use various techniques of combining materials, colored glass is complemented by colorless glass, which creates the effect of an irrational spatial background. Often the details are made by painting, sometimes the stained glass window is a painting on glass or, emphasizing the emotional expressiveness of the interior, becomes part of the decor - a wall picture, is transformed into a light panel, plays the role of sharp in rhythm and saturated in color main artistic accents. An illuminated stained glass panel often becomes a decorative dominant of a well-thought-out interior.

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