When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Anson Smart. Design by YSG Stained glass windows are an age-old artform, but the craft is ...

I think we can all agree that the idea of stained glass sounds a) old fashioned b) complicated and c) extravagant. We were thinking that, too, until we started to see the translucent colored material ...

Used by artisans across the globe for thousands of years, colored glass is one of the oldest art forms. Its origins date back as early as the 7th century, when stained windows began adorning churches, ...

Stained glass windows were a hallmark of upward-mobility sensibilities, an aspirational gesture for people enjoying the fruits of boomtown St. Paul. For seven years I lived in an old house built by a ...

For decades, the stained-glass window hid in plain sight. In some ways, it was easy to miss. How many people really look that closely at the stained-glass windows in their church, expecting to find ...

New nanophotonics research could expand the color palette for companies in the fast-growing market for glass windows that change color at the flick of an electric switch. A team of researchers has ...

Whatever religion we classify ourselves as – or even if we actively renounce or denounce organized religion in all its forms – the one aspect of Christianity those in predominantly Christian countries ...