All articles tagged with #stained glass
Originally Published 5 months ago — by Brownstoner
A historic Queen Anne mansion in Crown Heights, featuring impressive woodwork, stained glass, and a rich history, is listed for rent at $13,950 a month, offering spacious living with modern updates and historic charm.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Boing Boing
Simone Giertz attempted to make a robotic arm entirely out of stained glass but one of the components kept breaking, so she had to fabricate it from metal. Despite the setback, the journey was the point of the project.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Associated Press
A stained-glass window depicting a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes has raised questions about race, Rhode Island's role in the slave trade, and the place of women in 19th century New England society. The window, installed at the long-closed St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Warren in 1878, is the oldest known public example of stained glass on which Christ is depicted as a person of color that one expert has seen. The window has now been scrutinized by scholars, historians, and experts trying to determine the motivations of the artist, the church, and the woman who commissioned the window in memory of her two aunts, both of whom married into families that had been involved in the slave trade.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by BBC
Notre-Dame de Paris is on track to be fully restored by the end of 2024, with the replacement spire being completed at an industrial site in eastern France and transported to Paris. The stained glass windows are being cleaned by specialists in workshops around the country, and the roof's entire wooden substructure is being replaced in an exact replica of what was destroyed. The target is to celebrate a first mass in the newly-reopened Notre-Dame in December 2024.