叙述者听艺术史课上一部分passage6 lecture 4vassage6.pdfVIP

Narrator:Listentopartofalectureinanarthistoryclass.

Professor:OK,nowum…asortofparadigmaticartformoftheMiddleAgeswas

stainedglassart.Stainedglassofcourseissimplyglassthathasbeencoloredandcut

intopiecesandre-assembledtoformapictureoradecorativedesign.Totruly

experiencethebeautyofthisdecorativeglassyoushouldseeitwithlightpassing

throughit,especiallysunlight,whichiswhystainedglassisusuallyusedforwindows.

Butofcourseithasotheruses,especiallynowadays.Um…anywaytheartofmaking

stainedglasswindowsdevelopedinEurope,urn,duringthemiddleAgesandwas

closelyrelatedtochurchbuilding.Intheearly1100sachurchbuildingmethodwas

developedthatreducedthestressonthewallssomorespacecouldbeusedfor

windowopeningsallowingforlargeand…andquiteelaboratewindowdesigns.

Um…Backthen,theartistsmadetheirownglass,butfirsttheycameupwiththe

design.Um…Paperwasscarceandexpensive,sotypicallytheydrewthedesignonto

awhitetabletop.They’ddrawtheprincipaloutlinebutalsooutlinetheshapeofeach

pieceofglasstobeusedandindicateitscolor.Nowinthewindowitselfthepiecesof

glasswouldbeheldtogetherbystripsoflead.So…Um…Sointhedrawingtheartists

wouldalsoindicatethelocationoftheleadstrips.Thenyoucouldputabigpieceof

glassonthetabletopand…andseethedesignrightthroughitanduseitto…toguide

thecuttingoftheglassintosmallerpieces.

Student:Andtheleadthatwasjusttoholdthepiecesofglasstogether?

Professor:Well,um…leadisstrongandflexiblesoit’sidealforjoiningpiecesof

glasscutindifferentshapesandsizes.Um…Butuptothe15thcenturytheleadstrips

alsohelpedcreatethedesign.Theywereworkedintothewindowas…aspartofthe

composition.