What Is Stained Glass And Is It Really Art?

To be completely precise, only glass to which paint and stain have been applied should be termed stained glass, a process that is usually expensive to commission. Over time the term, stained glass, has come to be a generic one which encompasses panels and other objects made by joining together pieces of coloured glass using lead beading rather than reserved to mean windows.

Without a doubt, though, stained glass is an art form. Assembling together stained glass is most definitely a highly-skilled craft, but it goes far beyond mere artisanship. For stained glass has been imbued with much more significance and artistry than mere objects for decoration or simply filling a window frame.

The breadth and range of artistic expression contained in stained glass is almost without peer. Not all artists use canvas or stone as their medium; throughout the ages some of the world's most accomplished artists have voiced their inner creative muse with glass. Indeed, many of the most important examples of Western religious art are to be found in churches such as Chartres Cathedral in France.

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