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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window in Rhode Island that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes — known to many as the “Black Gospel Window” — ...

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 ...