Windows: A Book About Stained & Painted Glass

"Windows: A Book About Stained & Painted Glass" by Lewis F. (Lewis Foreman) Day is a guide for anyone wanting to learn about stained and painted glass, no matter their skill level. Written in the late 1800s, it teaches the art and methods of crafting stained glass windows, looking at examples from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Day uses his own knowledge to explain the artistic and practical sides of stained glass, showing how essential both skill and artistic vision are. The book follows the history of glassmaking from the ancient world through the 1600s while connecting stained glass to other art forms like poetry and discussing how crucial it is to view the medium as art.