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Paige Marquardt Mrs. Overmann UI 100-08 H December 2, 2014 Geometry and Art of Stained Glass From a church to a person’s home, there is stained glass all around us. Most people take a look at stained glass and just admire the beauty, but not the work that goes into it. The intense planning and preparations in deciding what to make and how to put it all together. Not until recently, there has been no real equation for stained glass, but that has changed. People can now use formulas and equations

History of Stained Glass Unlike the function of the ordinary windows that we know today, which is “to allow a view of the outside and admit light into a building; the purpose of medieval stained-glass windows is not to allow people to see outside, but to beautify buildings, control light, and often times to tell a story” (Herren, n.d.). History offers two accounts of the origin of glass; one from a legend about the accidental discovery of glass by the Phoenician sailors and the second, points

There is an infinite number of personalities and the best art works portray them vividly and truthfully. Some people are practical, while others are more abstract. In the comedic novels about family life, Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (1932) and Chicken Every Sunday: My Life with Mother's Boarders by Rosemary Taylor (1943), the practical characters are in the forefront. While representing different life phases due to their age difference, Gibbons's main character Flora Poste is quite similar

5 Ways To Establishing A Successful Kitchen Lots of individuals mechanically put valuables into their very best dresser drawer or at kitchen closets with meals, eyeglasses, as well as different kitchen ware, plus all these are several of the hardest regions to cover up dollars. Burglars instantly head to your bedrooms due to the fact that they understand a lot individuals tuck extra jewelry, money, along with additional components of significance under lingerie, lace lingerie, and also additional

The changes that occurred in gender relations at the turn of the twentieth century were a factor in the emergence of modernism. The first wave of the Feminist Movement began during this period with the New Woman as its protagonist. The New Woman was a figure that was independent, relatively sexually liberated and educated. Many women no longer lived their lives according to the Victorian ideal required for them and it became more acceptable for women to be seen unaccompanied outdoors and working

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, is known for its wide variety of architectural artworks, and its collection of Asian art. It also has many works of Medieval and Ancient art, while also showing some present art pieces. My experience through the museum went very well. Throughout the whole museum, there wasn’t any place to look that was boring, or didn’t involve art, which was very cool. I liked how the pieces were labeled with a helpful description, and were categorized

As a museum, our job is to create an experience for our visitors in order to leave an artistic impression in their heads. Many museums have attempted to create unique exhibitions such as period rooms and displays in order to amaze the crowds that travel through and make their experience a memorable one. Nowadays it is difficult to amaze a crowd that has so many resources at its disposable. The internet has made it possible to view any work of art with just the click of a button. It is for this reason

Stained glass is an important and innovative form of art, that throughout the ages has grown in design, technique and been stretched to various cultures in the world. Stained glass illustrates stories by putting together pieces of colored glass into a mosaic form, to create a picture. Stained glass has existed for millenniums, and through its time the term “stained glass” is thought to be of reference to church windows and various other significant buildings. Traditionally, stained glass windows

The object I chose to draw was a stained glass window depicting the thirteenth station of the cross, where the crucified Jesus is laid into the arms of His mother, Mary. This object is colorful and vivid, with the people in the window image portrayed in bright colors in contrast to the background. In addition, the people portrayed have precise naturalistic details and proportions regarding their clothing, bodies, and facial expressions. Through the exercise of drawing this stained glass window

Reaction Journal Four: Structuralism and Edward Bradford Titchener This weeks reading was over the life and research of Edward Bradford Titchener, the founder of structuralism. Titchener was a student and friend of Wilhelm Wundt. Even though he supposedly was a self-proclaimed follower of Wundt, his form of psychology was quite different than that of his teacher. As we learned in chapter four, Wundt’s theory about the human mind was based on the view that people could not focus on more than one