A First Look at Bryn Athyn Cathedral (Dennis Aubrey)

A First Look at Bryn Athyn Cathedral

Here are some great photos of Bryn Athyn's Cathedral in Pennsylvania.

Bryn Athyn, which wikipedia tells us is Welsh for "very tenacious hill," is host to this year's annual American Glass Guild conference  June 26-30, 2014.  Check out this preview.

New Issue of Vidismus

A new issue of the online Vidismus is out, with an interesting feature on Winchester Cathedral.

JUDSON STUDIOS INSPIRED LIGHT: USC OUR SAVIOR CHURCH PROJECT

LECTURE: Chartres and the Rhetoric of Gothic Cathedrals

American Friends of Chartres, the Standing Committee of Medieval Studies of Harvard University and the patronage of the Consul General of France in Boston, invite you to a lecture by Paul Crossley, Professor Emeritus of the Courtauld Institute of  Art of London University on Chartres and the Rhetoric of Gothic Cathedrals, Tuesday March 12, 2013 at 5:30pm, at the Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachussetts.  The lecture will be preceded by a short presentation of American Friends of Chartres activities and projects (the website: www.friendsofchartres.org is being updated) and a photographic presentation by Art Sacré Photographers, Dennis and PJ Aubrey.

Issue 63 of Vidimus

Issue 63 of Vidimus, the first this autumn, is on line now at http://vidimus.org/.

We have much of interest in our News page, with the appointment of a new Curator for the Stained Glass Museum, updates about the conservation of the Herkenrode glass at Lichfield Cathedral, and news from the recent international Corpus Vitrearum colloquium in Vienna. We have another fascinating Feature, on seventeenth-century glass associated with Winchester Cathedral by Geoffrey Lane, an expert on the period, and instead of a Books page this month we have an update on our recent feature on the beautiful glass at Hatton.

Anna Eavis, Editor

Civic Space, Sacred Space, and the Cathedral of Christ the Light

How might a cathedral, conceived in the 21st century, within a rapidly changing Pacific Rim setting, possess the cultural integrity and the power to inspire that define the great European cathedrals? How might a new cathedral speak to contemporary culture while honoring two millennia of Christian tradition? And more specifically, how might this new cathedral provide a meaningful setting for both spiritual renewal and civic discourse in its immediate community, the city of Oakland?
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: http://faithandform.com/feature/light-and-shadow/

Medieval glass of St. Michael’s, Coventry

Public viewing of the conservation of the medieval stained glass of St. Michael’s, Coventry

Hidden from public view for 70 years, the salvaged medieval glass of St. Michael’s, Coventry is being bought back to life via an innovative joint project between World Monuments Fund Britain and Coventry Cathedral. 

Visitors will be able to see first-hand the delicate conservation of this stunning glass, meet conservators and understand the history, and future, of this glass. 

Both children and adults alike will be encouraged to observe to understand the part this glass plays in the wider project to rejuvenate Coventry’s Cathedral Quarter and the part they can play.

30 minute conservator talk every Thursday at 3pm (Learning Space 3) 

http://www.theherbert.org/index.php/home/whats-on/faces-in-the-glass-live

Virtual Tour of Canterbury Cathedral

The most visited post on this blog was the virtual tour of Köln Cathedral. Therefore here is another offering for the armchair tourist - Canterbury.

Go explore: here

Sigmar Polke: Agate windows for KIRCHENFENSTER GROSSMÜNSTER

Personally, I think you can put anything into a deep set stone arch and it's going to look fantastic. - JKL

Sigmar Polke: “I can accept the power of nature as religious.”

Read more: http://www.grossmuenster.ch/polke.html

Peter Swanson's film on Rowan LeCompt

Important Kickstarter Campaign

Filmmaker Peter Swanson is in the last stages of completing his important new film on the artist Rowan LeCompte and his last stained-glass window project for the National Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Washington, D.C.

Please support this Kick Starter Campaign:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1187461527/let-there-be-light-0

Virtual Tour of Köln Cathedral

View a virtual tour of all the windows in the Köln Cathedral here:
http://www.koelner-dom.de/fenster.html?&L=1