. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast. ted by numerous mechanical andtechnical difficulties, this field of artnevertheless offers opportunitiesfor effects both impressive andbeautiful. Even if nothing moredefinite is attempted than to fur-nish a feast for the color sense, theresults are worth obtaining. The peculiar beauty of stainedglass was confined to uses where itcould be illuminated by natural lightuntil very recent times, when mod-ern light-sources, with their bril-liancy and volume of rays, made itpossible with artificial illumination. Colored and painted glass
. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast. ted by numerous mechanical andtechnical difficulties, this field of artnevertheless offers opportunitiesfor effects both impressive andbeautiful. Even if nothing moredefinite is attempted than to fur-nish a feast for the color sense, theresults are worth obtaining. The peculiar beauty of stainedglass was confined to uses where itcould be illuminated by natural lightuntil very recent times, when mod-ern light-sources, with their bril-liancy and volume of rays, made itpossible with artificial illumination. Colored and painted glass isavailable for use in the constructionof globes and shades for artificiallisrht, either where a brilliant illu- The Architect and Engineer 93 mmati mspecialonly a i- nolightinj small desirable, or where f is required forspace underneath
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