The discussion on information dissemination of medieval stained glass

Abstract

Even though some related studies involves in the exploration of its unique messaging features, most of them are at the preliminary stage and there are few focusing on its "media" feature as the main object. The topic of this study is "the discussion on information dissemination of medieval stained glass" to research the old media forms with messaging functions for thousand years. In this paper, historical method is adopted to explore stained glass which stood at an indispensable status of the mass media in Middle Age, conveyed God's care, and acted as the main way of spreading stories and eulogizing doctrines. Comparative method is used to further analyze and compare various kinds of information dissemination at that time. Among the historical research of stained glass in Middle Age, most of the scholars around the world focus on its technological processes, manifestations, and development processes.