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Stained Glass Work

Part 2 — INDEX

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Accidental qualities in glass, value of, 114 Accuracy in setting out forms, 286 Accuracy of measurement, 115 , 285 Accuracy of work in the shop, rules for, formula for right angles, 286 Aciding, 130 Action, violent, to be avoided, 173 Advertising, 293 Allegory, 248 Allegory, true allegory the presentment of noble natures, 260 Ancient buildings, sacredness of, 245 Ancient glass, 171 , 314 , 321 , 328 Antique glasses, 31 Architectural fitness, 234 Architecture, harmony with, 174 Architecture, stained-glass accessory to, 168 Architecture, subservient to, 155 , 236 Armour, by use of aciding in flashed blue glass, 131 Art colours, 201 Artist, right claim to the title, 269 Asleep, Millais' picture of, 209 Assistants, to be trained to mastership, 268 Auxerre, centre for study of glass, 315 Backing, 126 Badger, 72 , 74 Badger, how to dry, 193 Banding, 151 Barff's formula for pigment, 226 Bars, 151 , 159 , 167 Bars and lead lines, 166 , 176 Beads, a string of, 190 Beethoven, colour, 224 , 271 Bicycle, use of, 216 Birds, 217 Birmingham, Burne-Jones windows, 236 , 324 Boniface, St., a question of staining, 224 Books, 255 , 257 Borax, untrustworthy as flux, 370 Borrowed light, 227 (and Glossary) Botticelli, 64 , 78 , 250 , 297 , 322 Brown, Madox, 203 Brush, how to fill, 58 Builders' glazing, 180 Buntingford, ride from, 216 Burne-Jones, 131 , 203 , 236 , 250 , 324 Burning, 129 Burnt umber, 203 Butterfly, 217 Byzantium of the crafts, 243 Byzantine revival, 241 Calm of lead, 137 (and Glossary) Cambridge, Burne-Jones windows, 237 Cambridge, centre for study of glass, 314 Cambridge, King's College, for blue and red, 230 Canopies, 245 Canopy, 177 , 300 Canterbury, centre for study of glass, 314 Canterbury, for blue and red, 230 Cartoons, 83 , 192 Cathedrals, 178 , 180 , 215 , 230 , 234 , 238 , 246 , 282 , 314 Cellini, 228 Cement and cementing, 147 Centres for study of glass, 314 , 315 Chartres, centre for study of glass, 230 , 314 Chartres, for blue and red, 230 Chief difficulty (in art) the chief opportunity, 301 Chopin, 223 Cirencester windows, 180 Cleanliness, 67 , 164 , 193 Clients, 279 Collotypes, notes on, 327-336 Colour, 198-231 Comfort in work, 67 Commission, one's first, 292 Conditions, importance of ascertaining at commencement, 283 Conduct, general, 264 Constantine and Byzantium, 240 Co-operation, 163 , 265 , 268 , 274-6 Corn-colour, 217-218 Countercharging, 94 Covering up the pigment, 164 Craft, complete teaching of, 174 , 197 Craftsman, right claims to the title, 269 Craftsmanship, revival of, 243 Middle Ages, 252 Cullet, value of, 159 Curriculum, 321-326 Cut-in glass, 49 Cut-line, 85 , 89 Cutter and cartoonist, 44 Cutting, 37 , 42 , 47 , 87 , 162 Cutting, advanced, 83 Cutting-knife, 138 Cutting-wheel (see Wheel-cutter) Dahlia, colour of, 218 Dante or Blake, perhaps needed today, 253 Dante on Constantine, 240 Dappling, 163 Dentist, precision of a, 67 Design, 167 , 175 , 325 Diamond, 33 , 88 , 331 Difficulty conquered brings new insight and new power, 302 Difficulty, the chief opportunity in a work of art, 282 Directing assistants, clearness in, promptness in, 277 Discords harmonised by added notes, 212 Distance, effect of, 102 , 192 Division of labour, 170 , 269 Docketing of papers, system of, 284 Dodges, a few little, 182 Doubling glass, 132 Drapery, 230 , 322 Drawing from Nature, 324 Drawing, Ruskin's advice on fineness in work, 325 Du Maurier, 207 Dürer, revision of his work, 271 Dutch artist's portrait of actress, 220 Early English glass, 31 , 227 Easels, 186 , 191 Eccentricity to be avoided, 247 Economy, 156 , 158 Egyptians, 182 English wastefulness, 156 Etching (see Aciding) Examples for painting, 321 Examples for stained-glass work, Holbein, 322 Expression, influence of distance on, 102 Faceting of stones and glass, 228 , 332 Fairford, green in Eve window, 211 , 230 Fairford, old glass in, 314 False lead lines, 166 Fame and wealth good, but not at expense of work, 296 Fancy, safe guide in, 259 Film, 94 , 101 Fine work in art, 298-303 Finish in work, precision and cleanliness, 67 Firing, 105-119 First duty of an artist, 248 Five Sisters window, 178 , 311 Fixing, 135 , 151 Flashed glass, 33 Flatness, desirable, obtained by leading, 176 Flowers, 217 Flux, 370 Forms, accuracy of, 286-289 Fresh methods and ideas come accidentally, 298 Freshness of work, advantage of, 116 Fried work, how to remove, 104 Frying, 104 Garish colour, 202 Garter plates, 61 , 62 , 70 , 71 Gas-kiln, 108-10 Gauge for cutting, how to make, 88 General conduct, 264 Giotto, 252 Giorgione, 203 Glass, ancient, 328 Glass, how made, 32 Glass, how to wax up on plate, 95 Glass in relation to stonework, 134 Glass, Munich, 84 , 176 Glass, Norman, 227 Glass, old, 308 , 315 Glass, painted, 84 Glass-painter's methods described, 205 Glass-painting compared with mezzotint, 81 Glass-painting compared with oil-painting, 200 Glass, Prior's, 31 Glass, value of accidental qualities in, 114 Glasses, "antique," 31 Glazing, 151 , 180 Glossary, 369 Gloucester for blue and red, 230 Gloucester, centre for study of glass, 314 God's house, 235 Gold pink, value of, 160 Good Shepherd, 172 Gothic revival, the, 239 Groseing, 43 (and Glossary) Groseing tool, substitute for, 55 Grozeing (see Groseing) Gum-arabic, 58 Gum, quality and quantity of, 77 Handel, 223 Handling leaded lights, 146 Hand-rest, 61 Harmony in colour, the great rule of, 211 Harmony, universal, 234 Harmony with architecture, 174 Heaton's kiln-feeder, 184 Hertfordshire, ride through, 215 Holbein, 64 , 78 , 316 , 322 Hollander, thrift of, 157 Hurry to be avoided, 165 Hyacinths and leaves, colour of, 221 Image, Selwyn, 83 Imagination, 248 , 259 Industry, 65 , 278 In situ, to try work, 175 Inspiration, nature of, discussed, 273 Italian, thrift of, 157 Jacob's ladder, difficulty, 280 Joints, good and bad, 140 Jugglery, craft, to be avoided, 174 Kaleidoscope, 232 Kiln-feeder, a clumsy, 183 Kilns, 105 King, portrait of, 102 Knives, cutting and stopping, 138 , 142 Knocking up, 144 Labour and material, cost of, 162 Lamb, Charles, on Milton's Lycidas, 272 Large work, difficulty of, 77 L'Art Nouveau, 245 Lasting nails, 141 Lathykin, 137 (and Glossary) Lea Valley, description of, 215 Lead, 89 Lead, "calm" of, 137 (and Glossary) Lead, 90 , 132 , 137 lead line, 84 , 172 lead lines, false, 166 Lead-mill, 91 Lead, purity of, 90 Lead, outer lead showing, 136 Leaded lights, how to handle, 146 Leading, 133 Leadwork, artistic use of, 176 lead workers, wage of, 159 Light, 227 (and Glossary) Lights, 72 , 146 , 151 Limitations, 154 , 170 Linnell's colour, 202 Lycidas, perfection of, 271 Lyndhurst, windows at, 237 , 250 Maclou, St., at Rouen, 282 Man's work, nature of, 196 Master, book no substitute for, 82 Master, need of, 82 , 195 Material and labour, cost of, 162 Matting, 72 Matting-brush, 73 , 75 Matting over unfired outline, 76 Measure thrice, cut once, 285 Measurement, accuracy of, 115 , 285 Measurement, relation of glass to the stonework, 134 Meistersingers, the, 223 Mezzotint compared with glass-painting, 81 Michael Angelo, 271 Middle Ages, craftsmanship of, 252 Millais' picture of "Asleep," 209 Millinery and upholstery in glass, to avoid, 324 Morris, 203 Muller, 79 Munich glass, 84 , 176 Music, illustration derived from, 223 Nails, 141 Nativity, star of, 229 Nature, 213 , 217 , 302 , 324 , 335 Neatness, 96 Needle, 68 , 123 New College, 230 Niggling, no use in, 158 Nimbus, withheld till the figure is finished, 263 Norman glass, 227 Novelty not essential to originality, 247 Numbers attached to natural objects, 221 Oil-painting and glass-painting compared, 198 Oil stone, substitutes for, 53 Old glass, 171 , 308 , 314 , 321 Orange-tip butterfly, 214 Order, "Heaven's first law," 233 Orderliness, 284 Originality not to be striven after, 297 Ornament, system of teaching, 325 Outline, 59-82 Overpainting, danger of, 120 Oxford, centre for study of glass, 314 Oxford, New College, for green, 230 Oxide (see Pigment) Painted glass, 84 Painter and glass-painter contrasted, 199 Painting, 56 , 94 , 118 , 321 Painting, heaviness of, objected to by some, 227 Painting, rule regarding amount of, 229 Pansy, colour of, 232 Patrons, 264 Parthenon frieze, repose of, 173 Perfection, 163 Perpendicular, rules for raising a, 286 Peterborough, Gothic tracery in Norman openings, 238 Pictures, criticism on, 208 Pigment, 164 , 226 Pigment, mixture of, 57 Pigment, oxide of iron, 57 Pigment, soft, danger of, 112 Pigment, unpleasant red, 57 Plain glazing, removing, 151 Plating, 147 Pliers, 43 Poppies, 218 Prices of stained glasses, 159 Principles of old work to be imitated, not accidents, 322 Prior's glass, 31 Publicity, danger of wasting time on pursuit of, 296 Punch, parody of the "Palace of Art," 250 Pupils' work, 335 Putty, substitute for cement in plated work, 318 Putty, to be used when glass is doubled, 147 Quarries, 331 Quarry glazing, with subject, 177 Rack for glass samples, 186 Realism to be avoided, 173 Recasting of composition, 301 Removing the plain glazing, 151 Repose in architectural art, 174 Rest for hand, 61 Restoration, 181 , 245 , 315 Resurrection, sunrise in, 219 Revivals, architectural, 239 Rich and plain work, 177 Right angles, formula for, 286 Roman decadence, 240 Room, to make the most of, 192 Rose-briar, colour of, in sunset, 220 Rossetti, 203 Ruby glass, 33 Ruby glass, value of, 160 Rule of thumb, 113 Rules for work, 264 , 286 Ruskin, 202 , 255 , 325 Sacredness of ancient buildings, 245 Schubert, 223 Scratch-card, 144 Scrubs, 81 Sea-weeds, 217 Second painting, 118 , 126 , 127 Sections, how to join together in fixing, 150 Sections, large work made in, 150 Seed, everything grown from, 291 Seed of ornament, 294 Selvage edge, to tear off, 193 Sens, centre for study of glass, 315 Setting mixture, 86 Sharpening diamonds, 33 Siennese painters, good work to copy in glass, 322 Single fire, 127 Sketching in glass, 175 Soldering, 144 Sparta, revival of simplicity in, 243 Special glasses, 227 Spotting, 163 Spring morning, ride on a, 214 Squaring outlines, 286 Stain, 129 Stain it!, 225 Stain overfiring, result of, 129 Stained-glass, accessory to architecture, 168 Stained-glass, ancient, to be held sacred, 245 Stained-glass, definition and description of, 29 Stained-glass, diapering, spotting, and streaking, 179 Stained-glass, joys of, 303 Stained-glass, loving and careful treatment of, 177 Stained-glass, new developments of, 132 Stained-glass, prices of material, 159 Stained-glass, subservient to architecture, 155 , 236 Stained-glass versus painted glass, 84 Staining, 225 Stale colour, danger of, 165 Stale work, disadvantage of, 114 Standardising, 113 Stencil brush, 121 Stepping back to inspect work, 176 Stevenson, R. L., 156 Stick, 68 Stipple, 99 , 101 Stippling brush, 100 Stonework, relation of glass to, 134 Stopping-knife, 142 Streaky glass, imitating drapery, 230 Strength in painting, limits of, 125 Stretching the lead, 137 Style, 237 , 246 Subject, right limits to importance of, 248 Sufficient firing, test of, 117 Sugar or treacle as substitute for gum, 62 Surgeon, precision of a, 67 Symbolism, proportion in, 262 Tabernacle (see Canopy) Tamworth, 237 Tapping, 41 Taste, some principles of, 92 Technical school, curriculum of, 321 Templates to be verified, 289 Tennyson, his constant revision, 271 Texture of glass, use of, 126 Theseus, 260 Thought, imagination, allegory, 248 Ties for banding, 151 Thrift, 157 Time saved by accuracy and method, 290 Time-saving appliances, 277 Tinning the soldering iron, 145 Tints, method of choosing, 210 Titian, 173 , 203 , 271 , 316 Tradition, 238 , 242 Troyes, centre for study of glass, 315 Trying work in situ, 175 Turgenieff, proverb on accuracy, 285 Turpentine (Venice), 129 Tuscan painters, good work to copy in glass, 322 Upholstery and millinery in glass, to avoid, 324 Venus of Milo, 260 Veronese, 203 Village church, untouched, picture of, 305 Violent action to be avoided, 173 Wage of lead workers, 159 Waste, proportion of, to finished work, 162 Wastefulness, English, 156 Wax, best, 95 Wax, removing spots of, 98 Waxing-up, 95 Waxing-up, tool for, 188 Wells, centre for study of glass, 314 Wheel-barrow, comparison with wheel-cutter, 51 Wheel-cutters, 34 , 35 , 47 , 53 , 54 , 56 White, pure, value of, 227 White spaces to be interesting, 178 Work in the shop, rules for, 286 Yellow and red together, 218 Yellow, certain tints hard to obtain, 217 Yellow stain, 129 York, centre for study of glass, 314 York Minster, glass in, 230,308,313

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