Identifier: studiointernatio51lond (find matches)
Title: Studio international
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Art Decoration and ornament
Publisher: London, Cory, Adams & Mackay (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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himself in this regard. One all-important fact to be borne in mind fora right appreciation of the Burne-Jones windows is that they are not, and do not pretend to be,mediieval. It is true that the art of glass-paintingis historically a mediaeval one, and that even inthe practice of the present day, the ancient con-ventions of leading up a mosaic of white andcoloured pot-metal, more or less painted, cannotbe dispensed with, since they are of the essence ofthe process ; but the motifof the old and new hasso little in common that even the Vyner memorialwindow, Burne-Joness and Morriss greatest triumphin form and colour, is said to have been admittedby Morris to be out of place amidst its sur-roundings at St. Frideswides, Oxford, if judgedby a strictly mediaeval standard. No, the work ismodern, and as such alone it is fair to appraise it.It may be well, then, to enumerate certain factors inrespect of which Burne-Joness differ from mediaevalwindows. Firstly the colour scheme. It is obvious
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