GOTHIC GLASS PAINTER, French
(active c. 1269 in Amiens)

Window

1269
Stained glass window
Cathedral, Amiens

In the central window of the choir at Amiens Cathedral the glass painters discovered how to provide tall narrow lancets with stained glass in an aesthetically satisfactory way without having to elongate the figures. This solution also met the requirement for more light in interiors. The windows were given a large area of grisaille glass in which the figures are set as a horizontal band of colour.