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A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes has stirred up questions about race.
The windows, which are five feet wide and 20-feet tall, are removed from the frames for cleaning and re-leading, he said. The challenge is to be exact, as these windows were made in the early 1900s.
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 Jesus is depicted as a person of color that one ...
It took two years to complete the windows, said Gilsoul’s daughter, Mireille Gisoul. The stained glass process took a long time, despite the advancement of glass design techniques in the 1960s.
In the 1880s, Georg Hiemer took up stained glass. Working for some of Europe’s most distinguished companies, he designed windows for churches in Paris and across Germany.
MILFORD, Mass. — At St. Mary of the Assumption Church, they've been waiting months for this day: The return of four stained glass windows originally created 110 years ago. The Rev. Peter Joyce ...
He became skilled as a stained-glass craftsman, making mostly small residential windows, but also occasionally snagging a bigger project, such as the large window for the New York City Fire Academy.
But step inside the Salem Bible Church, and 17 stained glass windows create a jaw-dropping wonder to behold — works of art that have dazzled worshipers and visitors alike with a brilliant array ...
The stained-glass art by Erica Karawina gracing the News Building is viewed from the street as the building is prepped for renovation. “Working from her Manoa home, Karawina created dozens of ...
A detail of a nearly 150-year-old stained-glass window depicts Christ speaking to a Samaritan woman, in the now-closed St. Mark’s Episcopal church, Monday, May 1, 2023, in Warren, R.I.