Posted on 12/13/2023 7:26:21 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6
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Deep and brilliant colors, dramatic intensity, elaborate patterns on the borders, from the centuries old to the modern ones, stained glass windows are testament to the human imagination and artistry. It is a great joy studying and researching the history of these windows.
Thank you, Dan.
What an educational description, Alba. Lovely!
#95 almost modern art cubist, #112 so complex I can’t imagine how it was done, #116 you have to study it awhile to see all that is there.
You singled out several of the windows I find most interesting, too.
I find myself surprised by the variety of artistic expressions.
For #112, see the process on this wikipedia entry. Artist Carl Huneke.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Huneke
Fascinating! Now, I want to see his windows in-person.
I like it.
#99, in particular: Gabriel looks masculine, as he ought.
Just a little trip to Stockton, CA....
#98, the small images show scenes from Mary’s life with Jesus.
Top left, she’s holding His Body, just taken down from the cross. See also numerous “pieta” sculptures. Top Right she’s in the upper room with the Apostles at Pentecost. Lower left Jesus is carrying the cross. Lower right Jesus is crucified, with Mary and Mary Magdalene at the foot of the cross. There appear to be more such panels below, but cut off in the photograph.
My college roommate lives there. He likes this stuff, too.
The complexity of some of the great cathedrals’ images is overwhelming. No subject other than Christ has ever generated even a fraction of the devotion that we see all around us.
Indeed. One might note that most stained glass, icons, and statues in the sorts of Churches that feature such things do not depict The Father, The Son, or The Holy Ghost. However ... the people they do depict only matter because those people were radically faithful servants of God. So, in the end it all points straight to Our Lord.
(Exception to this include the lurid depictions of Hell that some Italians favored. Even that has the message of salvation in it: "In case you're wondering what Jesus saves you from, take a look ...")
Rather in the same way that the bulk of the Bible deals with "peripheral" incidents.
I am especially fond of #132
it is not the most detailed
but it is very refreshing.
I can rest my eyes in the calm -
our Sabbath rest to come.
And I can soak up light
that radiates from Gabriel,
the angel from On High.
It seems to capture what Mary must have felt in his presence.
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