Rose Window - Rennie Mackintosh (UEB uncontracted)

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Synopsis: This page shows a stained glass window based on a design by Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. This window panel is made from leaded stained glass. This technique uses pieces of coloured glass held together by thin strips of lead. At the top left of the design is a stylised rose flower with red and pink petals. It is constructed of overlapping curves and at its centre is a grid of small rectangles. The stem of the rose is represented by an oval shape, which curves down from the rose shape to the bottom of the image then up right and then left to the top of the rose. Across the centre of the image is a horizontal band with horizontal lines to the left and right. The background of the design is very pale green and the band is coloured pale mauve with a green section where the stem crosses the band on the left and a blue section on the right. Mackintosh lived from 1868 to 1928. He was connected to both the Arts and Crafts, and the Art Nouveau movements although his very distinctive graceful and elegant style in some ways foreshadows the later modern style of Art Deco.

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