Bonawit, Stained Glass & Yale: G. Owen Bonawit's Work at Yale University & Elsewhere.
Wilsonville, OR: Wildwood Press, 2000. First edition. Perfect Bound. Quarto, pp. 42, illustrated in color. As New. Item #23934
Sterling Memorial Library's exquisite stained-glass window decorations by G. Owen Bonawit feature prominently in this beautiful book. The author sets the windows in the broader context of Yale's architecture and of Bonawit's work, and her discussion of the selection, sources, and treatment of the window decorations gives fascinating insight into the genesis of the library's iconography as a whole. The production of Yale's stained-glass windows is best appreciated in the context of European tradition, which the author sketches from the middle ages to its revival in the 19th century. The book contains a review of Bonawit's life and work at Yale, and an appendix of some 52 locations, including 8 at Yale, of Bonawit windows. Splendid color illustrations adorn and illuminate the text. The author is a former Yale librarian.
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