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Stained Glass Detail in a Cathedral Poster
by Don Struke
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Stained Glass Detail in a Cathedral poster by Don Struke. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Photographed in the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore. Have you ever wondered how stained glass came to be? Here, from the Art Glass... more
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Photographed in the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore. Have you ever wondered how stained glass came to be? Here, from the Art Glass Association:
"The origins of the first stained glass windows are lost in history. The technique probably came from jewelry making, cloisonné and mosaics. Stained glass windows as we know them, seemed to arise when substantial church building began. By the 10th century, depictions of Christ and biblical scenes were found in French and German churches and decorative designs found in England.
"There is a mystery to glass: It is a form of matter with gas, liquid and solid state properties. Glass is most like a super-cooled liquid. It captures light and glows from within. It is a jewel like substance made from the most ordinary materials: sand transformed by fire. Before recorded history, man learned to make glass and color it by adding metallic salts and oxides. These minerals within the glass capture specific portions from the spectrum of w...
About Don Struke
Although I don't call myself a photographer, I have taken thousands of photos through the years and now and then I end up with one that is printworthy. Well, at least by my standards, which might be somewhat less than the norm. But you are the judge (continued below). PLEASE CLICK ON AD TO LEARN ABOUT THIS SITE I'm fortunate enough to have enjoyed a rather varied background in marketing, advertising, public relations, print and electronic media, TV production, and publication design in both corporate and non-profit organizations. As my list of photos on Fine Art America slowly grows, it should be apparent that my interests are all over the place, from the sight of beautiful flowers and landscapes to aviation and high performance...
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Don Struke
Christina, I do thank you! With stained glass, of course, I am just the reporter, so to speak, sharing with my camera somebody else's artistry.
Christina Ford
Nice treatment,Don
Don Struke
I appreciate your very nice comment, Sharon. I too thought the history was interesting.
Sharon Gonzalez
This is a very amazing photo, Don. It looks like an abstract painting. Gorgeous and the stained glass history was very interesting.