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 ...
A worker installs the reproduction of a stained glass window, at the Basilica of Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), February 1, 2023. STÉPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP Behind the basilica of Saint-Denis (in the ...
The world-famous German painter Gerhard Richter has unveiled three stained glass windows at a Gothic monastery in Tholey, Germany. The monastery, which is believed to be the oldest in the country, ...
The work of caring for one of the largest—and most beautiful—churches in St. Louis is a task that is never complete. St. Francis de Sales Oratory, operated by the Institute of Christ the King ...
The Notre Dame de Paris, also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, was one of the first cathedrals built during the Gothic period and took around 300 years to complete. The gorgeous stained glass windows ...
A former Saint John church, built after the Great Fire of 1877, is quickly turning to rubble, but some of its majestic stained glass windows have been rescued from demolition. Saint John artist Vicky ...
Churches feature stained glass windows for more than just beauty. They served as visual aids during the Middle Ages, teaching biblical stories to a largely illiterate population. These windows, ...
What would you do with dozens of stained glass windows that have spent a lifetime in a Philadelphia church? Paul Brown, the man who rescued the windows from being sledged into glass pebbles, has a ...