John L. Carmichael Jr. 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson Arizona, USA Tel: 520-696-1709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sundial Sculptures Website: http://www.sundialsculptures.com Stained Glass Sundials Website: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pippin Michelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "John Carmichael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 9:47 AM Subject: Re: Stained Glass Sundials
> Hello John > > Wow, how interesting! I live just an hour or so from Chicago - next > time we go there, I'll make a point of visiting the Adler Planetarium. > Yes, do keep me posted about developments on your site. > > Also, interesting that the Adler example is yet another German one. The > Germans were particularly ingenious with the early clocks as far as I > can tell (not my specialist subject)! The Milwaukee museum has a number > of early German examples that inspired me to get a lavish book on clock > history, that confirms that German focus. The earliest surviving > figurative stained glass windows are also German - it all goes together > rather well, doesn't it? > > Best wishes, > Pippin > > John Carmichael wrote: > > To: Pippin Michelli, Ph.D > > Art History with Michelli > > http://www.ariadne.org/studio/michelli > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Hello Dr. Michelli: > > > > I'm so glad you appreciate the work we are doing to promote the > > construction of more rare Stained Glass Sundials and that you are going > > to include them in your historical website. Your comments only confirm > > to me that these rare sundial windows are unknown (until now) in the > > glass community. > > > > Just last week, I just came across the oldest known stained glass > > sundial out of the 51 we've discovered so far and it's in the United > > States! It's German and dates to 1529, maker unknown. It's in near > > perfect condition too! This makes it a very important sundial. > > (Apparently the oldest SGS are German.) A fellow dialist copied this > > photo from the following book and sent it to me: > > > > The Universe Unveiled > > Subtitle: Instruments and Images through History > > Authors: Bruce Stephenson, Marvin Bolt, Anna Felicity Friedman > > Publishers (it seems to list both): > > Cambridge University Press > > Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum > > Year: 2000 > > > > I've contacted Alder Planetarium and they've given us special permission > > to include a photograph of it and will be sending me a high resolution > > photo soon, hopefully with more information about this historic dial. > > I'll let you know when it gets posted. > > > > Thanks for writing, > > > > John > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Pippin Michelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > To: "John Carmichael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 9:19 AM > > Subject: Re: Stained Glass Sundials > > > > > Dear John Carmichael > > > > > > Thank you for your kind comment on my site (which is well overdue for > > > major refurbishment, although still functional). > > > > > > I was very pleased to learn of your own site on historic stained glass > > > sundials. This really adds to the information in my stained glass > > > section and I am delighted to include it. I've added it to the > > > Renaissance and Baroque section, since your two earliest examples fit > > > best there and I like to show the developments in chronological order. > > > > > > I greatly enjoyed visiting your site, which is a very attractive one, so > > > let me return the compliment! > > > > > > By the way, how does this project connect with Advance Associates? I > > > ask because so often good sites disappear when the umbrella site gets a > > > corporate overhaul. If you should find yourself without space for it in > > > the future, do contact me. I'd be glad to share some space with you and > > > would like to see this one survive. > > > > > > Best of luck with the project. > > > > > > Pippin Michelli > > > > > > John Carmichael wrote: > > > > Hello Dr. Michelli: > > > > > > > > I came across your beautiful website from The Artists in Stained > > > > Glass website. > > > > > > > > I thought you might be interested in seeing something quite > > > > different has been done in stained glass. As an art historian, are > > you > > > > aware of Stained Glass Sundials? This is a pet project of mine that > > > > we've been working on for months. Members of the sundialing community > > > > and I are trying to get more rare stained glass sundials built by > > > > informing both the glass and the sundial communities of the > > > > possibilities, and putting both groups in contact with each other. > > > > > > > > Have a look at our new educational, non-profit website: Stained Glass > > > > Sundials >From Around The World: > > > > http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass > > > > > > > > Hope you like it and get inspired! Do you think your readers would > > like > > > > a link to this site from your site. If you have any questions about > > > > Stained Glass Sundials please let me know me. > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > John L. Carmichael Jr. > > > > 925 E. Foothills Dr. > > > > Tucson Arizona, USA > > > > Tel: 520-696-1709 > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sundial Sculptures Website: http://www.sundialsculptures.com > > > > Stained Glass Sundials Website: > > > > http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Pippin Michelli, Ph.D > > > Art History with Michelli > > > http://www.ariadne.org/studio/michelli > > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Pippin Michelli, Ph.D > Art History with Michelli > http://www.ariadne.org/studio/michelli > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -
