De 72 glazen van de St. Janskerk in Gouda / De cartons van de Sint-Janskerk in Gouda. 2 delen in cassette.

The Gouda cartoons are the original designs for the stained-glass windows of the Sint-Janskerk in Gouda, the famous 'Gouda Glasses'. The cartoons form a unique collection of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century drawings. Nowhere else in the world has such a large number of full-size working drawings survived, moreover in the very church for which they were made and where the corresponding windows can still be admired. This book contains illustrations and descriptions of all the cartoons, with essays on the artists and their working methods. It also discusses at length the place of cartoons within art history and the conservation and restoration of this extensive collection of drawings more than five centuries old. Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman is an art historian, a specialist in stained glass and chair of the Dutch committee of the Corpus Vitrearum. Arjan R. de Koomen is a lecturer in art history at the University of Amsterdam. Antonie L.H. Hage is a lecturer in culture and society at the Driestar University of Applied Sciences, Gouda, and chair of the Stichting Goudse Sint-Jan. Jan Piet Filedt Kok is former director of collections at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and professor emeritus of studio practice at the University of Amsterdam. Few Gothic churches in the world still have stained glass in all their windows. The Sint-Janskerk in Gouda is one of them: all its windows are filled with coloured glass, known as the 'Gouda Glasses'. The 72 windows, most of which date from the sixteenth century, together form a unique ensemble that ranks among the highlights of European glass painting. Text in Dutch and English.