York Minster: The Great East Window

York Minster: The Great East Window
ISBN-10
0197261361
ISBN-13
9780197261361
Category
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Pages
161
Language
English
Published
1995
Publisher
British Academy
Author
Thomas W. French

Description

York Minster's medieval stained glass is without parallel in England, both for quality and quantity. The great east window, the largest in the Minster, contains some of the finest fifteenth-century glass in Europe. The splendour of its design and layout, and the brilliance of its painting andcolour, are acknowledged wherever the glass is discussed. The 188 colour and black and white illustrations in this volume reveal the tremendous sweep of the window's subject-matter, ranging from the Creation of the World to visionary scenes of the Last Judgement, depicted in dramatic detail. Tom French's unique grasp of the material enriches his fulldescription of the glass.

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