“In more recent years, it has been better, but not even,” he said. The last stained-glass image in the Life of Mary sequence takes pride of place in the apsis, reconfigured as a rose ...

I wrote about the statue of Mary with her garland of plastic roses ... into the church and everything’s on fire—if stained glass had a taste, it would be overripe plum, sweet and strong ...

NORTHAMPTON — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield will move ahead with plans to remove five stained-glass windows depicting the life of Christ from the former St. Mary of the Assumption ...

Stained-glass depictions of biblical scenes that have ... He’s partial to the scene depicting the Annunciation, when the Virgin Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel, who tells her she’s ...

That’s what a federal judge told church officials and the city of Northampton Monday, as the two argue over removal of stained-glass windows from the former St. Mary ... from the life of Christ ...

A long-overlooked stained glass ... and blacks—as seen in Mary’s hair and in the outlines of many details—the paint on the flesh remains intact. “Colors in glass can flake off, but they ...

A long-forgotten stained-glass window, once thought lost to time, is now illuminating Immaculate Conception Church once again as part of a major restoration project. L to R: Close-up of the newly ...

The artist’s own life could hardly have been more grey and, as with his younger (and infinitely more famous) contemporary the stained-glass artist Harry Clarke, the materials he used may have ...

Nearly 10 years ago, the New York University professor, historian and Pulitzer Prize winner was sitting in historic First Congregational Church, admiring a triptych of stained glass windows ...