HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-12-24, Page 2We're fixing to have the best holiday
ever and hope you have
the same. Our thanks
to all of you for
your patronage.
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PERCY CLARK
PLUMBING and HEATING
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gifts:.. • good cheer .. warm friendship ...
youiul excitement... all of these we
now wish for you and your family.
We have greatly appreciated your patronage.
Many thanks, and a Happy Holiday!
VERN'S TEXACO
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Inspire Glass .. rt
Through Ages
STAINEII: ;%LASS WINDOWS
by thehundreds depict scenes
of the: Nativity. Perhaps the •
most favored subject forth these
whitlows is. the Virgin Mother
and Child,:
IN MEDIEVAL TIMES, stained
*lass art ,.reachedits peak. A
simple sincerity characterizes•
early windows„ such as the Ma-
donna and Child window shown
above, at right. A medieval. art -
ht whose name is , lost in Itis.
tory designed this window for a
church in -Switzerland. Illustra-
tion from Chicago Art Institute;
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AS A LIVING "AIM stained
glass continues to .he the me-.
Ilium for: creations picturing:
Madonna and Child-- for ex-`
ample, the:Scenes from stained
glass windows shown above. 11-
11180410a at the ' left .is front
d h the New:
window c'Litgne` Y
• e S iters for
Jersey ,artist George p, ,
the Episcopal Church of Ithe
Epiphany �P to 'Ailendule, N. J.
Modern 'interpretation: of the
Madonna ` and ,.Child, center,' is
front a stained glass window de-
signed by° Emil Frei, for Si.
Peter's Church in Ii►an us City,
Mo.' Illustrations from Encyclo=
pedis 'Americana 1969.
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ESPECIALLY' • DESIGNED for
ia..'newspaper, and : for the''
easur+e ' of its readers, is the'.
}fiteatkre=illustration; left, �� Na;.
►►' e h e eltPcci s t
tamed glass"
erms.
Did a.spinstet hang up the
.first Christmas stocking? Legend
says yes, -;`but history says no--
or at Most, "Maybe. " ,
St. • iiEcholas, a fourth, cen-
tury bishop, secretly gave gifts
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of gold for the dowries of poor
spinsters; His method mai to
toss the gold down a chimney
by night, at Christmas.
On one, •occasion, so legend
says, the gift landed in a Stock-
ing, hung by the fireplace to
dry.
History casts a dubious eye
on this "origin" of the Christ-
mas stocking custom. T h e
spinster probably -didn't have a
stocking--notyin the fourth cen-
tury..
Knitted form -fitting hosiery
was unknown untilthethirteenth
century.. Earlier, people wrap-
ped cloth or rags around theft
feet as'substitute for modern
stockings.
Even after William Lee in-
vented the stocldng frame, a
more efficient method of pro-
' duction, in the late 1500's, it
was some time before the poor
could afford to buy stockings.
History makes one conces-
sion to the legend tellers.- Paint-
ings show that'early Pompeii
show that early Romans d id
wear some form of stockings,
even before the birth of Christ.
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Biblicalh i stories and personages come to lite in a blaze 41;color, Lght and color combine; , h
to create art ever*changing; mosaic, rtOm tIOn. to day to,dark,;patterns Vary- with
tensit
si '.Changeis rat the Moly •#estival of ! lila. turas . 4:
Designs. seem .ta► live' artd xnove as celors
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While Christians: around the world
gather to Celebrate
as ine
lass'
these dazaling sheets add; to the, be, ttAW. and aolenAnity of the cel tion,._
windows shed -their:- radiance throughout, - churches large 'and e .
• s is anti nt :-}-•lcbowu,, in
The ..art of�'creating s�,ined glass window e , the :ages. before xe�°
. editors of the Encyclopedia :'Aalerlcana. 'Xet the windows.
corded history began, stay,'the:.la, e° glass, 7th$ living beauty
thems�iv�es seemalways ,xiew. As light otos Ye .u�u thea cQlprso th
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of the windows is constantly renewed and reborn. Appropriately, the age-old yet ever new
u.s subject for these windows. Through :the Centuries, 'artist '
tory o#� the Nativity is a, favorite
x
raftstnen •have preserved thea
spirit. of. the first Christman
In stained glass, -
Tha for countless Wor-
shippers
shippers. this Christmastide,
the light that shines through
the stained glass windows of
their churches illuminates
the wonder of Christmas.
Why It Began
The "why" of using stained
• glass windows in churches—
and
secular" buildings, too --
is simple and logical. Like all,
windows, they're intended to:
admit light and keep out
t
wind and weather.
Colored glass helps in con
trolling'both the amount' and
the quality o f light admitted. '•
to buildings. And the :corn-
• bination' •of light and color
forms patterns appealing -and
restful to the eye.
Traditionally, stained glass
windows complement the ar-
chitectural design of the':;
building where they appear.
w it
Sita 11
love.,
ed glass windows. is;com-
plicated — in some respects
as difficult and time-consum-
ing as it was in the. Middle
Ages, although, mod'ern ;
methods• and; equipment do
give today's stained glass
artist certain advantages. •
The rainbow -like effect of
the windows comes .from
pieces of glass soinetilnes,
hundreds of pieces• - fitted
together and held together
with strips of lead.
Today's artists don't have
to make their own glass,,;
leads and pigments. That's
• one advantage they enjoy
that. was denied to the early
artist craftsman:
But they do have to`"plan;.
and work painstakingly, from
the beginning of a.' scale
drawing in precise colors
through the development .of.
actual -size• paper patterns
and on to such final steps as
firing, glazing and cementing.
What It Shows
The art of stained glass
windows reflects nearly every
artistic style and movement
sof the; past several ;centuries,
+inelti„:di 11911#40400; By -et;,
4 zantine'Gothic,•, Renaiissance;
Romantic and modern.
-Until the late Gothic peri-
od, artists • believed that a
With
heartfelt
joy and
happy
voices, . • •
the young-
carolers
sing out
the message
of Christmas.
Wejoin in to _ wish you the best
Of the Ioliday Season with loved ones.
Murray Gaunt
M.P.P.
4cINTYRE'S
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BAKERY
very Merry Christmas to everyone. May your
holiday be replete with goodness' in every way.
' And for your friendship, we extend grateful thanks.
Stained glass -window should
be decorative ;rather . than.
pictorial. With the :Renals=
sante' came a trend toward,
illustration' rather than der
sign.
In succeeding years, the
balance has shifted between
the traditionally' .decorative
and the •more'pictorial styles.
How le .Continue .
A relatively small band
artists keeps the art of 'the
stained glass' window alive..
In a,'discussion, of., stained
glass art in North and Sdtth
America, the Americana. lists,
some 24 .artists working in
stained' glass, in studios
throughout' the united;
States, . as well aS' others; in
Canada, ' Mexico °and ,South.
Amnerica. -
Amon then ;are,' rsevival-
fats, who ujwork; in terms 'Of
the earliest `traditions, of
stained glass.Othe r, artists
take :the
tla
contemor-aa -
oo' utsheYitt ffre4
ri i a rrieidt belief!
light andpatt1/40
''rath
er than illustratiori,'t make a
picture in stained 'glass:
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To /44 . and. *verb, one of our
aced blonds and pt rens, we extend,
with sinceo r.clat tronl: warm
w ee tor a most, .m �morab .
the season.- that generates great warmth and..
pnTot . Earth is here! May it bring gladness
RI u and yours. Thanks for . your patronage)
0, Holy Night, when all the world was still.
There, in the distance, shone a mighty star
with a luster . that burrs brightly now in the
hearts of all men of good will. May thoughts of
that first Christmas bring peace to all.
Wingham Public Utilities
Commission