Carolyn WhitsonDec 28, 20239 min readAngels We Have Seen On HighI thought I'd finish out our year with something light-hearted and ravishingly beautiful. The West Window of Worcester Cathedral was...
Carolyn WhitsonMar 5, 20219 min readApocalypse Wow--The Sainte-Chapelle Rose WindowThe stained glass in Sainte Chapelle (building completed in 1248) represents the highest achievement of the form. When you enter the...
Carolyn WhitsonFeb 9, 20215 min readCreation and Expulsion of Adam & Eve in the Stained Glass of Chartres CathedralTo tell the story of Mary through a medieval church's lens, one must have at least one space to tell the story of Eve. At Chartres...
Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20213 min readRemembering the Notre Dame de Paris Interior, Part 1Notre Dame de Paris was engulfed in a terrible fire in 2019. Here, I include some of my photos of the interior, taken in 2018. I don't...
Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20214 min readRemembering the Notre Dame de Paris Interior, Part 3One thing that revolutionized looking at medieval stained glass for me was using a serious zoom lens, and then spending time in...
Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20213 min readChartres Cathedral--another temple to Mary the QueenChartres isn't very far from Paris, by modern standards, and its veneration of Mary is an occasion for comparisons to Notre Dame de Paris....