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Windows for the world explores the display and reception of nineteenth-century British stained glass in a secular exhibition context. International in scope, the book focuses on the global development of stained glass in this period as showcased at, and influenced by, these exhibitions. It recognises those who made and exhibited stained glass and demonstrates the long-lasting impact of the classification and modes of display at these events. A number of exhibits are illustrated in colour and are analysed in relation to stylistic developments, techniques and material innovations, as well as the broader iconographies of nation and empire in the nineteenth century.
List of contents
Introduction
1 Exhibiting stained glass: classification, organisation and status
2 A multitude of displays
3 Stylistic eclecticism in nineteenth-century stained glass
4 Competition and exchange: exhibitors and their networks
5 Stained glass as propaganda
Conclusion: reappraising nineteenth-century stained glass
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Jasmine Allen is Curator of The Stained Glass Museum, which boasts a national collection of stained glass windows from the medieval to the modern period. She gained her PhD from the University of York.
Summary
This study focuses on the significance of the displays of stained glass at several international exhibitions held in Britain, France, the USA and Australia between 1851 and 1900. It provides new perspectives for the study of nineteenth-century stained glass, within these temporary secular exhibition contexts. -- .
