PARIS — When he visited the construction site of Notre-Dame de Paris last December, did French President Emmanuel Macron think he would trigger such a storm by announcing the launch of a contest for ...
When you think of stained glass, you might think of cathedrals or mosques. Or in homes, you might think of Victorian architecture—and who could blame you? Stained-glass windows have become less common ...
French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated this week his promise to reopen the famous Notre Dame in one year, but he enraged some when he announced he would put contemporary stained-glass windows in ...
The French president Emmanuel Macron first announced the plans during a visit to the cathedral on December 8. He said he would initiate a competition inviting contemporary artists to submit designs ...
A highly controversial proposal to replace the historic stained glass windows in Paris’s iconic Notre-Dame cathedral with contemporary works has been rejected by France’s National Heritage and ...
What if the vast, beautiful stained glass windows of cathedrals could be used to generate energy? Dutch designer Marjan van Aubel explored this idea with her project Current Window, a modern, ...
Sainte-Chapelle, the more petite Parisian structure in Notre Dame’s shadow, was built in 1248 as a house for King Louis IX to stash his collection of religious relics. The 50-foot-high stained glass ...
© Claire Tabouret - Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech. Photo: Amanda Charchian The artist Claire Tabouret has been chosen by the French president Emmanuel ...
We’ve all seen extraordinary stained glass windows in churches, museums and some friends’ homes. Art nouveau and art deco style homes and public buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries ...
Seeing stained glass in more modern settings has given Tiffany Stained Glass more avenues to explore how they can preserve and bring the craft into the contemporary space We live in interesting times: ...
Light fills Brooke Dearborn Huston’s studio on a sunny afternoon, illuminating her stained-glass art pieces. The walls are lined with boxes full of colorful glass waiting to be used in her next ...
Once the language of devotion and prayer, the medium finds a new place in the modern world. By Nancy Hass IT WAS THE 19TH-CENTURY designer-cum-social-activist William Morris who first brought stained ...
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