07
Feb
(Stained Glass Window) William Wallace by Carol Cameron
Today’s featured art is William Wallace by Carol Cameron
Everyone who has seen the movie Braveheart starring Mel Gibson knows the name of William Wallace, Scotland’s Patriot.
I found this lovely photograph of a stained glass window that is in St Margaret’s Chapel in Edinburgh Castle. I love how the colors are rainbows on the castle walls.
I know that movies take facts and … movie-ize them into stories for the screen. I wondered what the real story about William Wallace was so I did a search. I found William Wallace The Truth - it was very interesting reading. It was pretty much exactly what I expected too.
I love stained glass … whether it is in a church or in a castle or in someone’s home – it is lovely and I think there is a lot of work involved in creating it. Glass doesn’t appear to exactly be easy to work with when I have watched glassblowers at festivals.
The best stained glass windows tell stories. William Wallace’s story .. a moment in history … in stained glass … he and his life were not romantic like the movie … but he fought for a cause that he believed in and tried to win freedom for his country and his country has not forgotten him.
