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The purpose is not specifically recorded, and has been the subject of much commentary. In my opinion, the purpose was to light the church in a way that was primarily decorative. Rose windows had no pictures or words on them and were purely decorative. You will read that stained glass windows were a way of teaching The Bible to illiterate people, but if you go into a medieval church and look up at the windows, you will see that they pretty much all look alike, and can be distinguished best by the words that were painted and fired onto the glass.
I have provided a link to an article on medieval stained glass below. You can look at the pictures there and decide for yourself whether the idea was more educational or more decorative.
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∙ 12y agoThey made stained-Glass windows to decorate churches and Cathedrals. They also used it to make small ornaments. They were used to tell stories from the Bible. They Glass is stained or painted with watery paint, then it is held together with lead.
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∙ 15y agoTo get colour light rays into the church in the hope and knowledge of which may help the health of human beings.
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∙ 11y agoTo tell the stories of the Bible to the illiterate or to those that were unaware at the time.
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How did the churches in the middle ages use theatre as propaganda?
It was used more as a teaching tool than propaganda. People couldn't read so the Catholic church ( the only church that there was) would teach the bible through plays. These plays are often called "Passion Plays". Stain glass windows in churches were also used as a teaching tool.
What did pioneers use for windows?
they used a special glass that was hard to find back then
Did the Romans create a number of pictorial stained glass pieces?
Primitive windows were just holes in a wall. Later, windows were covered with animal hide, cloth, or wood. The Romans were the first to use glass for windows. In Alexandria ca. 100 AD, cast glass windows, albeit with poor optical properties, began to appear. The Romans has stained glass objects but stained glass windows were not made until around 800AD This came from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stained_glass#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_stained_glass
How was religion central to the arts and architecture of the middle ages?
The cathedrals that were begun in the middle ages were to done to express the power of God and to display how man was reaching for God through the use of stone and stain glass. Many of them took many years before they were finally finished. The art in the cathedrals and Churches told The Bible stories and the stations of the cross. A huge percentage of the population couldn't read or write so to get the people to understand the stories of the bible they were on the walls and windows of the churches. Passion plays were also done. So, the art and architecture was meant to promote and glorify the church and to show the church as the means for man communicate with God.
Did the stained glass windows in the middle ages tell a story?
Stained glass windows was originally used in the medieval times as a "biblia pauperum" Which meant "poor man's bible" they were used in the time when people couldn't read or write, so stained glassed windows were used as a substitute for bibles and hymnals since each and every one of the windows tell a story people could understand and open their eyes to what the picture in the stained glass window meant. They could incorporate narratives drawn from the bible, literature or history, they may also represent saints or patrons or even use symbolic mofits
How did the churches in the middle ages use theatre as propaganda?
It was used more as a teaching tool than propaganda. People couldn't read so the Catholic church ( the only church that there was) would teach the bible through plays. These plays are often called "Passion Plays". Stain glass windows in churches were also used as a teaching tool.
Middle ages meterials they use in making stain glass?
Lead, coloring, and glass/sand
What is the use of glass?
Glass can be used for windows, to contain liquids.
What type of glass to use for summer house windows?
you use the same glass as you use for winter horticultural, standard, or laminated glass.
What do you use glass for?
Cups, windows and mirrors
What is a use for glass?
Windows. mirrors, bottles.
What company supplies glass for Pella windows?
The current model year Pella windows use glass supplied and manufactured by Cardinal
When were house windows first use?
Windows in houses and other buildings have been used ever since ancient times, in the Babylonian, Assyrian and Pharonic Egyptian Empires, although in those days they were simply open gaps that were covered with either fabric curtains or shutters at night. Even the Romans, who used glassware a lot in tableware, never used glass in their windows as they had not mastered the technique of rolling it to make window panes. The Bronze and Iron Age tribes of Europe did not have windows in their residential huts at all, though they did have small openings in their 'moot halls' to allow light in. Glass first began to be used in windows in late Anglo-Saxon times, mostly in churches, but these could only be constructed using small pieces of glass held together in a framework of lead. This is why stained-glass windows in Mediaeval cathedrals and churches are made up of small pieces with leaden supports in between. During this era, glass in windows was reserved for ecclesiastical use in monasteries, abbeys and churches- even the wealthy upper classes living in castles or fortified manors had open windows that were sealed with wooden shutters at night. The technique of making plate-glass windows by rolling molten glass into flat pieces was not developed until the latter years of King Henry VIII's reign (i.e. 1540's), but it was only the nobility and extremely wealthy who could afford to have these installed- many continued to use the old-style lattice windows, and plate-glass continued to be unusual up until the end of the 17th Century. It was only from around the time of the architect Sir Christopher Wren that plate glass came into widespread use.
Why do chuches have stories on their stained glass windows?
Since you aren't specific, I will answer with the assumption you are speaking about stained glass windows. In most Cathedrals the stained glass windows tell stories from both the old and new testament. Please remember that when many of the Cathedrals in europe were built most of the people could not read. The pictures in the stained glass windows were something like a picture book. The pictures told a story without the use of words. Both the placement of the windows and the stories they told helped to reinforce Christian beliefs.
What is plated glass?
Plated glass is a strong rolled and plated glass. It is usually used for mirrors and windows. Sometimes artists use this glass as well.
What property of glass makes it a good material for windows?
you use salt
How do people use glass today?
by making windows with it and bottles ( cups )
