哥特式的教堂彩绘玻璃，是伴随着哥特式建筑的兴起和基督思想的兴盛产生的。而丹纳在艺术哲学里充满激情的会写道，彩色玻璃中投入的光线变成血红的颜色，变成紫英石与黄玉的色彩，成为一团珠光宝气的神秘火焰，就像通往天国的窗户。这就完美的覆盖且简单的说明了彩绘玻璃的美了。

彩釉玻璃是将无机釉料（又称油墨），印刷到玻璃表面，然后经烘干，钢化或热化加工处理，将釉料永久结于玻璃表面而得到一种耐磨，耐酸碱的装饰性玻璃产品。

Color glaze glass is an inorganic glaze (also known as ink), which is printed to the surface of glass, and then dried, tempered or heated to process the glaze on the glass surface to get a wear-resistant, acid and alkali decorative glass product.