Research Catalog

Title

Stained glass in Catholic Philadelphia / edited by Jean M. Farnsworth, Carmen R. Croce, Joseph F. Chorpenning ; foreword by Anne D'Harnoncourt ; photography by Laird Bindrim.

Publication

Philadelphia : Saint Joseph's University Press, [2002], ©2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chorpenning, Joseph F.
• Croce, Carmen R.
• Farnsworth, Jean M.

Description

xix, 505 pages : illustrations (some color); 33 cm

Summary

• "Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia tells the remarkable story of the thousands of stained-glass windows - made in America, England, France, and Germany - in the more than 400 churches, chapels, and institutions of the five-county Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Since 1997 more than 450 sites have been visited to document the archdiocese's windows by photographing them. This process resulted in the creation of a photo archive of over 50,000 images.
• The result is this profusely illustrated book of original research that makes accessible a significant and highly visible, but neglected, aspect of our ecclesial, national, and regional cultural heritage."--BOOK JACKET.
• Using this archive as a foundation, a team of scholars - from a variety of institutions and with specialties in medieval studies, architectural and social history, Christian iconography, decorative and liturgical arts, the craft, creative reuse, and historic preservation of stained glass - was assembled to study these windows.

Subjects

• Church decoration and ornament > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
• Glass painting and staining > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
• Catholic Church In art

Note

• Errata slip inserted.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-483) and index.

Contents

• The Apocalyptic Windows of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Norristown -- I. One Church's Story / Carmen R. Croce -- II. The Medieval Heritage / Therese Benedict McGuire and Ruth McGugan -- III. The Contemporary Cultural Context / Wilburn T. Stancil -- The Generosity of Donors / Jean M. Farnsworth -- Rescue and Ritual: Creative Reuse of Stained Glass Windows / Joseph K. Beyer -- The Past - The Present, A Community Through Time: The Ethics of Restoration / Virginia Raguin -- Afterword: Lights and Mirrors: Stained Glass as Metaphors for the Catholic Soul / Stephen Happel -- App. 1. What is a Stained-Glass Window? -- App. 2. Biographical Sketches of Stained-Glass Studios and Selected Artists / Jean M. Farnsworth -- App. 3. Alphabetical List of Archdiocesan Parishes -- App. 4. Chronological List of Archdiocesan Parishes -- Glossary of Technical Terms -- Key to Stained-Glass Page Decorations.
• Geographical Map of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (1808-2002) -- An Introduction to the Nineteenth-Century Revival of Stained Glass / Jean M. Farnsworth -- "The Recollection of the Past is the Promise of the Future": The Medieval Heritage of Philadelphia's Sacred Windows / Michael W. Cothren -- Philadelphia: The Social Fabric / David R. Contosta -- Magnificent Opportunity: The Integration of Stained-Glass Windows into the Architectural Church Styles of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Sandra L. Tatman -- From Style to Program: Evolution of Taste and Aesthetics in Liturgical Art from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Post-World War II Era / Victoria Donohoe -- Stained Glass in the Philadelphia Archdiocese: Reflections of Faith and Culture / Jean M. Farnsworth -- Jesus, Mary, and the Saints in Stained Glass: "Stories of the Mysteries of our Redemption...And Salutary Examples...Set Before the Eyes of the Faithful" / Joseph F. Chorpenning --

ISBN

0916101436 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002014875

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries