Works of Art in the Lobby
St. Vincent de Paul
Medium: Marble
54 (1/4)” x 19 (7/8)” x 11 (7/8)”
St. Vincent de Paul
Statue #1
Artist: John La Farge (1835 - 1910)
Title: Venetian Banker
Date: 1883
Medium: Opalescent Glass
Style: American Art Nouveau
119 (1/2)” x 29 (1/2)”
Venetian Banker
#1
Artist: John La Farge (1835 - 1910)
Title: Christian Knight
(Man at Arms)
Date: 1883
Medium: Opalescent Glass
Style: American Art Nouveau
119 (1/4)” x 29 (1/2)”
Christian Knight
#2
Artist: John La Farge (1835 - 1910)
Title: Madonna and Child
(Mother and Child)
Date: 1883
Medium: Opalescent Glass
Style: American Art Nouveau
119 (1/4)”x 28 (1/2)”
Madonna and Child
#3
In 1883, John La Farge was commissioned by prominent members of the Brown, Ives, and Goddard families of Lonsdale, Rhode Island to manufacture three windows as a gift to the newly rebuilt Christ Church. La Farge was paid $3,000 for the three windows: a Venetian Banker, Christian Knight, and Madonna and Child. The three medieval figures are standing within a fictive architectural niche adorned with La Farge’s use of opalescent glass, giving the effect of an Old Master’s painting. The Venetian Banker portrays an older bearded man dressed in a deep red robe, analyzing the scroll before him. The Christian Knight portrays a young man wearing greaves and a breastplate, turned at a three-quarters profile at the viewer. Madonna and Child conveys a loving portrait of a young woman sitting with a child gazing fondly at his mother. All three windows have jeweled crosses featured on the lower center of the windows as well as jeweled Chi Rho symbols beneath.
Artist: Tiffany Studios (1848-1943)
Title: Marble Window
Date: ca. 1905
Medium: Opalescent & Favrile Glass
Style: American Art Nouveau
78 (1/2)” x 25 (3/4)”
Marble Window
#4
In this scene, the window is being held by two pillars that seem to be made of bronze as you gaze into a multicolored sky. This window is made with opalescent and favrile glass. Opalescent glass is typically created to show streaks of color and have an iridescent quality, as if shimmering from different angles. The glass replicates the kaleidoscopic qualities of opal stones depending on the amount of colors used in the glasswork. Favrile glass has distinguishable colors that can be found on this window, including: mazarine blue, aquamarine, and turquoise blue.
Artist: Tiffany Studios (1848-1943)
Title: Joan of Arc
Date: ca. 1905
Medium: Opalescent & Favrile Glass
Style: American Art Nouveau
128 (3/4)” x 40 (3/4)”
Joan of Arc
#5
Joan of Arc stands in the center holding a sword in her left hand and three pillars in her right hand. She is wearing golden armor under red robes. She wears a golden crown over her metal armor. Joan of Arc is a saint in the Catholic faith and the patron saint of France who went from a French peasant to a military leader during the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) between France and England.
Artist: Tiffany Studios (1848-1943)
Title: Marble Window
Date: ca. 1905
Medium: Opalescent & Favrile Glass
Style: American Art Nouveau
78 (1/2)” x 25 (3/4)”
Marble Window
#6
Just like its twin window, this window is also made of opalescent and favrile glass. Favrile glass was developed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, the founder of Tiffany Studios. Opalescent glass is commonly used in the American Art Nouveau style by masters like John La Farge (painter and window maker) and Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Artist: La Casa del Vitral
Inspired by: Tiffany Studios (1848 - 1943)
Title: The Ascension
Date: 2021
Medium: Stained glass
Style: American Art Nouveau
120” x 120”
The Ascension of Jesus
#7
This dome shaped stained glass work shows Jesus rising to heaven from the perspective of a viewer looking straight up at him. The forest surrounds the entire scene, and the sky is at the center to enhance the perspective of seeing Jesus rise above the viewer. The theme of Jesus ascending to heaven is popular among Christians as it is a central part of the religion to believe that he resurrected after death and united with God in heaven.
Religious Mosaic
Orthodox Mary & Jesus Christ
Medium: Mosaic
Orthodox Mary & Jesus Christ
Mosaic #1
Roman Catholic Altar
Medium: Carrara Marble
151” x 115” x 46”
Depiction of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and Jesus
St. Margaret Mary was a French nun responsible for spreading the devotion of the Sacred Heart throughout the Western Church.
Roman Catholic Altar
Altar #1
Roman Catholic Altar
Medium: Carrara Marble
151” x 115” x 46”
Depiction of St. Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes
Mother Mary told Bernadette that her purpose in appearing to Bernadette was to warn her to pray and make sacrifices for sinners.
Roman Catholic Altar
Altar #2
What represents a Roman Catholic altar? The five crucifixes on the altar are a representation of the five wounds of Jesus Christ and identify a Roman Catholic altar.
Altars are place for sacrifice to God:
And if you make for Me an altar of stones, do not build it of hewn stones; for by wielding your tool upon them you have profaned them.
( Exodus 20:22 )
The use of natural stones are a representation of God’s work, thus unhewn (not cut by men), as well as God’s people. Thus this practice of constructing altars out of natural stone was used for centuries and was to represent the Kingdom of God, which should be made out of stone, symbolic of God’s people.
Artist: Tiffany Studios (1848-1943)
Title: Ornamental Window
Date: 1908
Medium: Opalescent & Favrile Glass
Style: American Art Nouveau
141 (1/8)” x 31”
Ornamental Window
#8
A pot stands in the center holding a plant with seven purple flowers blooming. The purple flowers have ten petals each and have orange and yellow centers. Above the plant is green and yellow columns with blue stained glass rectangles in between. In its original location at the Grace Episcopal Church, New Jersey, the two purple flower windows are on either side of the two Shadow of Darkness windows with angels.
Artist: Tiffany Studios (1848-1943)
Title: Ornamental Window
Date: 1906
Medium: Opalescent & Favrile Glass
Style: American Art Nouveau
141 (1/8)” x 31”
Ornamental Window
#9
A plant with seven blooming flowers stands in the front of a yellow background. Above the flowers is three yellow peaks with five fleur-de-lis decorations. In the top half of the scene there are brown pillars with blue and green spaces in between. The center space has rhombus shaped purple and blue stained glass pieces. In the original placement at the Grace Episcopal Church, the two windows with lily flowers are on either side of the Angels of Praise windows.
Artist: Tiffany Studios (1848-1943)
Title: Ornamental Window
Date: 1906
Medium: Opalescent & Favrile Glass
Style: American Art Nouveau
141 (1/8)” x 31”
Ornamental Window
#10
Artist: Tiffany Studios (1848-1943)
Title: Ornamental Window
Date: 1908
Medium: Opalescent & Favrile Glass
Style: American Art Nouveau
141 (1/8)” x 31”
Ornamental Window
#11