BREAKING THE FRAME
Breaking the Frame: The relationship between the camera lens and human body is a two-dimensional relationship but by adding different colors of glass as a filter, barrier that breaks down the relationship between the body and the camera. The different textures and colors of glass distort and skew the body. The light from the lens is reflected and refracted through the glass projecting shadows and silhouettes.
The different levels of opacity range from completely opaque to translucent. The relationship of part to whole is shown through the scale of photos, ranging in size from the whole body to the parts such as eyes, hands, and mouth. The Images show how the human body can be affected by light, and how light can manipulate spacial conditions and people interactions.
Produced since Ancient Times Earlyest known church 675AD
St. Peter at Monkwearmouth-commissioned by Bishop Benedict who imported workmenfrom France to Glaze the windows
Renaissance Reformaton “Faceted Lead Crystals” Florence Cathedral, Lorenzo Ghiberti 3 ocular windows (1404-1445) Ghiberti,Donatello,Uccello, and Andera Del Castagno Life of Christ/ Virgin Mary
Traditional methods of Stained glass Died and were not rediscovered in England until the late 19th century Glass Still popular in the Netherlands Grote Sint-Jan Church Gouda, 60ft tall windows (1555 to early 1600’s) Dirck Crabeth and Brother Wouter
“Poor Man’s Bible”
J&R Lamb Studios, 1875 producer ecclesiastical glass John La Farge(1835-1910) invented opalescent glass Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) recieved several patents for different varriations of the process Invented the Copper Foiling method used today as an alternative to lead, used extensively in windows, lamps and other decorations.
Revival in France
Greater Community Than England 1824 Resotoration by Viollet-le-duc Period characterized by Brilliant Cerulean Blue against purple chartres and pink
Phoenicians Glass windows Pompeii as early as 500 BC
Innovations in the United States
Innovations in Britian and Europe
Medieval Glass
William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones(1833-1898) Art Nouveau or Belle Epoch stained glass design flourished in France, and Eastern Europe, where it can be identified by the use of curving sinous lines in the lead, and sqwirling motifs.
Romanesque, Early Gothic950 AD to 1240 AD Rose Windows Developed in France Sainte-Chapelle, Paris “Bishops Eye” Lincoln Cathedral
French Revoluion Brought Destruction Large Amount of Windows were smashed for medieval and Renaissance and replaced with plain glass Dissolution of Monasteries under Henry VIII and injuctions of Oliver Cromwell against Abused Images of Christ Few Original Windows remain Hengrave Hall in Suffolk
Egyptians Glass Bottle 400 BC
British Glass (1811-1918)
Revival of Gothic Church John Ruskin “The True Catholic Style” Architectural Movement Lead by Augustus Welby Pugin.
Commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns 1239-1248 highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture. damaged during the French revolution and restored in the 19th century, most extensive collections of 13th century stained glass
Major Form Of Pictoral Art Romans “Illuminated Wall” Lycurgus Cup Late 4th Century Portland Vase Cameo glass Vase 5 AD-25 AD “Rigid Frame”
20th and 21st Centuries
Desire to restore thousands of churches in Europe that were destoryed from the Bombing during World War II New mediums like the use of slab glass set into concrete. Tecnique developed by Jean Crotti in 1936 where stained glass begins to overlap other peices of glass without using lead to join the pecieces together allowing for a greater color diversity.
Corpus Christi R.C. Church-Romanesque
Blessed Trinity R.C. Chruch-Romanesque
First Presbyterian Church-Byzantine
Buffalo Religious Arts Center-
Windows by: Franz Mayer works in Munich, Germany.
Windows replaced original rolled amber glass window the windows were loally manufactured by Frohe’s Studio
by: Ford Company “The Ascension”example of Mercury Mosaic Small chuncks of glass set in copper foil and an amalgam of mercury.
stained glass windows, executed in Munich, Germany, are representations of the Stations of the Cross, the only such occurrence in the city.
Definition: “Window a device overlapping unlimited space containing and admitting a person moving through a series of framed unobstructed openings�
Study Model 1: Light Study playing with the concept of being able to pass through a window and project an image on that window. The glass is cut into different sizes based on a part to whole relationship of the face. The opacity of the glass is based on the amount of black space in the image, for example the eyes are the most recognizable feature of the face, so by using a transparent clear tinted glass the definition of the eyes becomes distinctive.
Full Scale: Breakdown of Panels for transportation and construction Scale and Size in Proportion to the human body Additional structuring and detail components
4” 1’
8’ 9’