variety of patterns ranging from geometric patterns, motifs, animals and floral designs. The shades could show the flowers from the budding stage to the death of the bloom. He created a Russian lamp, daffodil lamp, prairie style lamp, clematis lamp, cherry blossom lamp, dragonfly lamp, waterlilies lamp and my favorite cobweb table lamp.The cobweb table lamp was made with leaded Favrile glass, mosaics and bronze. Tiffany patented his famous Favrile glass, a molten combination of opalescent white glass and clear, antique colored glass. Other artist had tried to combine the two glasses but they produced a dull and uninteresting material. After much experimentation, Tiffany succeeded in blending as many as five separate colors, changing the look of stained glass.Frank Lloyd Wright was a famous architect but he also designed stained glass art. The majority of the stained glass windows designed by Wright are abstractions from nature. He designed the windows for the space creating vistas between inside and outside space. His stained glass panels are works of art, enhancing the architect's design. The decorative windows shaded, balanced, contrasted, and augmented the quality of light. This allowed the window to "become the beautifier of the building."I think the stained glass pieces of Wright are beautiful but I like the pieces designed by Tiffany more. It seems to me that Tiffany designed his pieces for the sheer beauty of the piece and Wright designed his pieces to beautify the space. I enjoy the bright colors and the wide variety of designs of the Tiffany pieces. Wright did not use as many bright colors in his pieces and they usually had a geometric design. I have seen many photographs and reproductions of their work but I have never seen an original piece of their work.III.CONCEPTS AND GENERALIZATIONSStained glass is an art, which is produced in many parts of the world. The way in which the artist produces th...
