Oriental Stained Glass

I like the overall design, quite distinct from those we see in the Cathedrals of the West. The choice of colour is just amazing here. And it is a much hotter place there, they didn't need so much sunlight coming through and possibly because of this, they used less warm colours, but nonetheless, it is so well balanced. There is obviously a narrative or lesson from the picture on the lower part of the stained glass and we await an expert to explain that to us.

 

And as a Flickr friend of mine-- herself a master of colours-- pointed out, unlike those from the West, they used more primary colours ( particularly the greens and even the blues and the reds). I wonder how exactly it looked like when it was new though i.e., before weathering for some of the colour of the dyes/pigments has come off.

 

As a matter of fact, the West seldom uses --and I was taught to never to use-- primary colours. It is much easier to use secondary colours altogether, for they go well with one another readily and the secondary colours are naturally more dense and saturated.

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