One by one, all the town's lights turn off. First the streetlamps, then the shops and the restaurants. Even the moon is covered by thick clouds. Standing in the centre of Assisi, I can't see a single ...

In houses of worship around the world, and around Knoxville, ambiance matters. Often, stained glass helps evoke that feeling of stepping into a sanctuary. The aesthetics of a church or other faith ...

A stained glass solar window on the floor of a CES 2024 press event was more than meets the eye. I was looking not just at an art object, but a solar panel capable of turning sunlight energy into ...

Ireland has no shortage of churches and cathedrals, but some are home to stained-glass masterpieces by Ireland's own world-renowned artist, Harry Clarke. Harry Patrick Clarke was born on March 17, ...

Depression glass has a rich history, with the classic pieces first going into production in the 1920s and '30s when many families in the U.S. were not able to afford more intricate and ornate ...

Tenants of a 111-year-old apartment building in downtown Toronto say they're being told the historic stained glass windows that adorn their units are a fire hazard — and must either be removed or ...

Five years after a fire destroyed most of the cathedral, the artist explains how her designs will give the landmark a modern makeover and the ‘contemporary gesture’ Emmanuel Macron promised Claire ...

A cathedral's stained glass window has been named as the "nation's favourite" in a competition organised by the Association of English Cathedrals. Depicting the life of Jesus, Carlisle Cathedral's ...

Critics say the emphasis on diversity and emotional expression risks translating a central mystery of the Church into the visual language of the present moment, weakening the symbolic coherence of a ...

PARIS (CN) — In an airy, sunlit room in the Grand Palais in Paris, people stare at a painting of the Virgin Mary against a hot pink sky. She is not depicted as a divine figurine, but as a modern woman ...