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| Keywords: Burne-Jones, Sir Edward, Saint Cecilia, ca. 1900.jpg Artwork Creator Edward Burne-Jones Catalogue Entry One of nearly thirty versions of a window designed by Burne-Jones and executed by the company founded by William Morris 1834 “1896 Saint Cecilia is a product of the Arts and Crafts movement they initiated Friends at Oxford Morris and Burne-Jones became disciples of John Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelite movement and put into practice his vision for the renewal of art They sought to counter the effects of the machine age by reviving medieval crafts abolishing distinctions between fine and decorative arts and beautifying objects of everyday life Morris wrote on the philosophy of art and founded a company to execute textiles wallpaper and other objects while Burne-Jones in addition to painting and sculpting studied with the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti and designed murals tapestries and stained glass for Morris ™s company The Gothic Revival style in architecture created a market for stained glass especially in the 1870s when Burne-Jones was a particularly prolific designer of windows The first Saint Cecilia window at Christ Church Oxford 1875 shows the influence of the early Renaissance art he had seen in central Italy most recently in 1871 The flat abstracted linear style and the wilting pose of the impossibly tall graceful woman make reference to the work of Botticelli Florentine ca 1445 “1510 while the tapestry-like screen of pomegranate trees and fruits and the richly patterned brocade fabric recall the latest Gothic phase of Italian art about 1400 Saint Cecilia an early Christian Roman virgin martyr became the patron saint of music and was portrayed with an organ … ” …here a portable organ of the fifteenth century Although water organs existed in the ancient world pipe organs date from the fourteenth century so we must assume Cecilia is singing the praises of God in heaven not during her earthly life In the window at Christ Church she is flanked by lancet windows with music-making angels; scenes from the life of a fellow martyr saint Valerian and her own martyrdom are shown below In Chicago a Saint Cecilia window was included in the stained glass of the Second Presbyterian Church 1904 ; there the fabric behind the saint is blue and the tree bears lemons demonstrating the permutations that could occur among these windows Gallery Label Burne-Jones and Morris devoted their lives to social change through the arts ”Burne-Jones as a painter and Morris originally trained as an architect as founder of the design firm that in 1875 became Morris Co In their quest to improve the level of taste in interior furnishings the firm designed stained-glass windows murals furniture metal-and glassware jewelry and other decorative items in addition to the textiles and wall coverings for which Morris Co is best known Burne-Jones was Morris Co ™s foremost stained-glass designer creating windows for both ecclesiastical and domestic use The organist of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford commissioned the initial Saint Cecilia design in 1875 The cathedral is famous for its choir so the patron saint of music is an apt subject for the window Cecilia occupying the central vertical panel plays the organ At Oxford two angels in flanking panels hold other instruments and the story of Cecilia ™s martyrdom is depicted in the three rectangular panels below Burne-Jones ™s cartoons or full-scale designs were reused for a number of window commissions even after his death; the figure of Cecilia changes only slightly from window to window but the colors and backgrounds vary The Museum ™s window perhaps originated as a private domestic commission perhaps for a dining room an entertainment space where the musical motif would be suitable ~ 1900 Stained and painted glass Size cm 213 5 75 5 <br> frame Size cm 235 88 7 4 Institution Princeton University Art Museum European Art object history exhibition history credit line Museum purchase Surdna Fund accession number y1974-84 place of creation Princeton University Art Museum PD-old-100 1898 cite book Steward James Christen Princeton University Art Museum Handbook of the Collections Revised and Expanded Edition 2013 Princeton University Art Museum Princeton NJ 978-0943012414 2nd cite web Saint Cecilia y1974-84 http //artmuseum princeton edu/collections/objects/32015 Princeton University Art Museum European art in the Princeton University Art Museum 1900 Stained glass windows by Edward Burne-Jones Saint Cecilia on stained glass windows Saint Cecilia as an organist on stained glass windows Architectural elements in the Princeton University Art Museum 1900 Stained glass windows in New Jersey | ||||
