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Came glasswork includes assembling pieces of cut and possibly painted glass using came sections. The joints where the came meet are soldered to bind the sections. When all of the glass pieces have been put within came and a border put around the entire work, pieces are cemented and supported as needed. [1]
The tradition of stained glass manufacture has continued, with mosques, palaces, and public spaces being decorated with stained glass throughout the Islamic world. The stained glass of Islam is generally non-pictorial and of purely geometric design, but may contain both floral motifs and text.
The collection mandate is to acquire ceramic, glass, enamel and stained glass. The primary permanent collection currently comprises over 900 works. In keeping with a mandate of being an institution whose focus is on contemporary practice, the Gallery's art collection features works of art from the mid-20th century to the present.
In 2010, the school presented an exhibition entitled Artifacts & Ideas For a Nature Inspired Architecture.Representing eight local artists as well as visiting California artist, James Hubbell, the exhibition included works in painting, sculpture, woodworking, mosaic, holography, stained glass and architectural concepts focused on the way man connects with the natural world.
Medieval stained glass is the colored and painted glass of medieval Europe from the 10th century to the 16th century. For much of this period stained glass windows were the major pictorial art form, particularly in northern France, Germany and England, where windows tended to be larger than in southern Europe (in Italy, for example, frescos were more common).
He served as President of the Stained Glass Association of America, 1929–1930. [18] He was a member of the Philadelphia Board of Education (1934–1948), and organized art exhibitions that toured the city's public schools. [19] The University of Pennsylvania hosted a 1938 exhibition of D'Ascenzo's paintings, drawings and stained glass. [20]