stained glass
colored glass used as an art material
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Summary
stained glass is a type of work of art[1]. It draws 5,618 Wikipedia views per month (type of work of art category, ranking #2 of 18).[2]
Key Facts
- Made from material: glass[3], metal oxide[4]
- Subclass of: work of art[5]
- Commons category: Stained glass[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Stained glass[7]
- Commons gallery: Stained glass[8]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[10]
- Has characteristic: polychromy[11]
- Different from: stained-glass window[12], Vitral[13]
- Fabrication method: stained glass design[14]
- Hashtag: stainedglass[15]
- Significant person: Johannes Schreiter[16], John Piper[17], Louis Comfort Tiffany[18], Brian Clarke[19], William Morris[20], Józef Mehoffer[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Craft[22], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
Why It Matters
stained glass has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]