Eternal Light
by Catherine Shotick
D Giles, 82pp, £20/$25
In the 19th century artistic movements attempted to revive styles associated with the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. They embraced long-neglected techniques and even rediscovered ones which had been lost to human memory for centuries. But it was also a time in which artists, particularly in the United States, experimented with the ways in which the most modern materials and methods could be used in the creation of works with a traditional aesthetic. Among the most interesting of these developments was Louis Comfort Tiffany’s invention of Favrile stained glass.
