Sarah works as a Senior Lecturer specialising in stained glass, its history and conservation within the History of Art Department at the University of York, and has since 2008 also been Director and Chief Executive of the York Glaziers Trust, responsible for the care of the stained glass of York Minster.
This visual feast is brought to life by expert author Sarah Brown, who explores the history, artistry, meaning and restoration of the window, revealing new insights on a fragile masterpiece that has been described as England's Sistine Chapel. The Great East Window of York Minster explores the window\'s biblical presentation of the beginning and end of time, the window\'s relationships with other media and the technical processes behind its creation. Please enter manually:","bd_js_keep_typing_to_refine_search_results":"Keep typing to refine the search results","bd_js_top_categories":"Top Categories","bd_price_save":"Save {0}","bd_js_name_only_letters":"Sorry, full name can only contain letters","bd_js_show_more":"show more","bd_js_enter_valid_email_address":"Please enter a valid email address","bd_js_enter_address_manually":"Enter address manually","bd_js_more_categories":"More Categories","bd_js_continue_shopping":"Continue Shopping","bd_js_account_and_help":"Account & Help","bd_js_basket_checkout":"Basket / Checkout","bd_add_to_basket":"Add to basket","bd_js_enter_first_last_name":"Please enter a first and last name","bd_js_please_enter_your":"Please enter your"}, Paperback
This visual feast is brought to life by expert author Sarah Brown, who explores the history, artistry, meaning and restoration of the window, revealing new insights on a fragile masterpiece that has been described as England's Sistine Chapel.00Ground breaking new research has shed exciting new light on the window's complex narratives, relating its story to the Minster's history and liturgy. Vitraux gothiques -- Grande-Bretagne -- York (GB ; région) -- Catalogues.
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The cathedral has launched an £11m, 20-year project with York Glaziers Trust to add environmental protective glazing to more than 70 of its unprotected windows, buying time for much needed conservative work. At the size of a tennis court, it is the largest single expanse of medieval stained glass in Britain and one of the largest medieval windows ever made. The Great East Window of York Minster explores the window's biblical presentation of the beginning and end of time, the window's relationships with other media and the technical processes behind its creation. US$10.17, US$21.40 This stunning, illustrated hardback presents an engaging contextual analysis of the window's unequivocal position as an English masterpiece. These cookies do not store any personal information. x 21mm Skip to the beginning of the images gallery. Don't have an account? US$15.95, US$5.82
She is president of the British Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi and General Secretary of the International Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Stained Glass. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies.
This visual feast is brought to life by expert author Sarah Brown, who explores the history, artistry, meaning and restoration of the window, revealing new insights on a fragile masterpiece that has been described as England's Sistine Chapel.Ground breaking new research has shed exciting new light on the window's complex narratives, relating its story to the Minster's history and liturgy.
At the size of a tennis court, it is the largest single expanse of medieval stained glass in Britain and one of the largest medieval windows ever made.
This stunning, illustrated hardback presents an engaging contextual analysis of the window's unequivocal position as an English masterpiece.