Friday
Apr012011
alabaster
Friday, April 1, 2011 at 8:20AM
Alabaster windows, San Paolo fuori le Mura
, Rome. 13th Century
Alabaster windows – a search for images has taken me to some very odd tourist sites, but never mind, these windows seem quite wonderful. This is the tradition from which Sigmar Polke drew, adding colour from stained glass traditions. Before glass there was alabaster, before church windows as text.
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geology,
material culture
geology,
material culture 

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