Windows for the world Nineteenth-century stained glass and the international exhibitions, 1851– 1900
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Exhibiting stained glass: classification, organisation and status
- 2 A multitude of displays
- 3 Stylistic eclecticism in nineteenth- century stained glass
- 4 Competition and exchange: exhibitors and their networks
- 5 Stained glass as propaganda
- Conclusion: reappraising nineteenth- century stained glass
- Appendix Table of stained glass exhibitors
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plates
5 - Stained glass as propaganda
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 December 2025
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Exhibiting stained glass: classification, organisation and status
- 2 A multitude of displays
- 3 Stylistic eclecticism in nineteenth- century stained glass
- 4 Competition and exchange: exhibitors and their networks
- 5 Stained glass as propaganda
- Conclusion: reappraising nineteenth- century stained glass
- Appendix Table of stained glass exhibitors
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plates
Summary
Chapter 5 discusses how the exhibition environment stimulated new iconographies and meanings in stained glass. Using a number of examples it demonstrates how the stained glass exhibits reflected, and influenced, some of the global political themes of the nineteenth-century exhibitions: nationalism, imperialism, and human variety. This chapter makes an important intervention in stained glass studies by considering, for the first time, the role of stained glass in the formation of racial and ethnic stereotypes to both emphasise human variety and reinforce social hierarchies. It also considers the influence of non-western culture and religions on the development of stained glass.
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- Windows for the worldNineteenth-century stained glass and the international exhibitions, 1851– 1900, pp. 152 - 183Publisher: Manchester University PressFirst published in: 2025
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