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Virginia Raguin is Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emeritus. Her most recent book, from Reakion Press, London, presents the history of stained glass from the great medieval cathedrals of Chartres, Canterbury and Cologne, up to its more recent use in buildings whose purpose was not specifically religious (the Harvard Memorial Hall built in the 1870s to commemorate those who died in the American Civil War), or even secular – the “light screens” included by the great twentieth-century US architect Frank Lloyd Wright in his public buildings and private homes. She demonstrates in 12 focused essays, that stained glass is not created by a single artist working alone. Rather, the art results from the collaborative tension among the physical site, the program desired by the patron, the concern for its legibility for the spectator, the technological possibilities of the medium, and the prevailing style of the era that is channeled through a creative individual.
Date
11-21-2024
Keywords
stained glass, religion, architecture
Disciplines
History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Religion
Recommended Citation
Raguin, Virginia C., "The"Authors on the Hill" presents: Virginia C. Raguin" (2024). Authors on the Hill. 23.
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/aoth/23