August 19, 2009
Postmodern Grisaille at Nevers Cathedral
Nice Flickrset by michalska of windows from Nevers Cathedral, designed by Jean-Michel Alberola and fabricated at Ateliers Duchemin. No date given but I would guess early to mid 1990's.
and a closer look
The overall idea is to play around with the idea of the ancient grisaille windows.
To get some context, here are some image of older grisaille windows -
Grisaille Panels
France, Normandy, Rouen, about 1265
from flickrite peterjr1961
These glass panels may have originally decorated one of the chapels of the Chareau de Bouvreuil, which was built by King Philip Augustus and expanded by his grandson Louis IX.
Grisaille sections of fourteenth-century French stained glass windows, now in the Cloisters, New York City.
from flickrite loopweaver
A more recent example of grisaille -
'Veritas' from the Virtues window
MacDonald/MacPherson, 1874
Memorial Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge Mass. USA
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