Art and Architecture in Northwest Ohio, plus anything else I damn well please.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Monroe Street United Methodist Church, West Toledo
The windows, with one exception, are fantastic. If I'd had more time, I'd have photographed all of them.
A couple more views of the trompette en chamade. The big window on the front wall is a bit odd. In fact, it's the one sour note in the whole place. The problem isn't the fact that there's nowhere to see the whole thing except immediately below it, since it's blocked by the choir loft. The problem is this..... .... Those eyes. Yes, you can see they're enormous green globs. It's much worse when seen from the loft. There's only one word to describe it. Sick. I could throw in a few other choice words to describe the artist, but I'll pass.
"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.”
1 comment:
Wow. That window is unusual to say the least.
Maybe it's one of those puzzles, where you slide the squares around until it makes sense?
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