Art of Light
Exhibition at the National Gallery of German Renaissance stained glass showing the glass alongside paintings from the same region.
It began with a good technical explanation of the different techniques involved. It had never struck me before that the light effects in glass were often not painted but were the effects of scraping off the tint which had been painted onto the back of the glass.
I did start to wonder if there are any parallels between the sections of stained glass panels and fresco day pieces.
It was super to see drawings by Durer next to the windows which were based on them.
My favourite piece was the first you see “Tobias and Sarah on their wedding night” a small but detailed picture of a couple in bed. I loved the effect of the tiling behind the bed, the grain on the wood of the furniture, the lovely dog and the slippers by the bed.
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It began with a good technical explanation of the different techniques involved. It had never struck me before that the light effects in glass were often not painted but were the effects of scraping off the tint which had been painted onto the back of the glass.
I did start to wonder if there are any parallels between the sections of stained glass panels and fresco day pieces.
It was super to see drawings by Durer next to the windows which were based on them.
My favourite piece was the first you see “Tobias and Sarah on their wedding night” a small but detailed picture of a couple in bed. I loved the effect of the tiling behind the bed, the grain on the wood of the furniture, the lovely dog and the slippers by the bed.
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