Stained Glass In Catholic Philadelphia

Author : Jean M. Farnsworth,Carmen R. Croce,Joseph F. Chorpenning
Publisher : St. Joseph's University Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015056436259

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Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia by Jean M. Farnsworth,Carmen R. Croce,Joseph F. Chorpenning Pdf

"Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia tells the remarkable story of the thousands of stained-glass windows - made in America, England, France, and Germany - in the more than 400 churches, chapels, and institutions of the five-county Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Since 1997 more than 450 sites have been visited to document the archdiocese's windows by photographing them. This process resulted in the creation of a photo archive of over 50,000 images. Using this archive as a foundation, a team of scholars - from a variety of institutions and with specialties in medieval studies, architectural and social history, Christian iconography, decorative and liturgical arts, the craft, creative reuse, and historic preservation of stained glass - was assembled to study these windows. The result is this profusely illustrated book of original research that makes accessible a significant and highly visible, but neglected, aspect of our ecclesial, national, and regional cultural heritage."--BOOK JACKET. Book jacket.

Author : Marie A. Conn,Therese Benedict McGuire
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0761837027

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Not Etched in Stone by Marie A. Conn,Therese Benedict McGuire Pdf

The essays presented by Professors Marie A. Conn and Thérèse McGuire examine stone and water as vehicles of ritual memory through the lenses of various disciplines. In seven concise yet revealing chapters, the authors examine instances throughout history and unbound by geography of stone and water as real or abstract objects that shape our lives, possibly without our notice. Chapters topics include: -Water as a vehicle for ritual memory from the earliest days of human history to the present-day. -An investigation of the aesthetic principles of the Middle Ages up to the Gothic styles of cathedrals in North America. -Julian of Norwich, the famous cloistress, walled in by stone in comparison to Etty Hillesum, a WWII-era mystic, whose small desk used to write her revealing diaries became her stone cloister cell. -The Irish, water, and stone in Finnegan's Wake. -Warming the "stone heart" of a child pummeled by the foster care system. -The lack of clean water that contributes to wide-spread disease. -Group behavior and the eventualities of war through stone-like, (uncooperative and hardened) psychological states.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004395718

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Investigations in Medieval Stained Glass by Anonim Pdf

Mindful of already existing publications, the editors determined to foreground scholarly expertise and approaches to stained glass, as well as up-to-date bibliographies.

Author : Ryan K. Smith
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807877289

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Gothic Arches, Latin Crosses by Ryan K. Smith Pdf

Crosses, candles, choir vestments, sanctuary flowers, and stained glass are common church features found in nearly all mainline denominations of American Christianity today. Most Protestant churchgoers would be surprised to learn, however, that at one time these elements were viewed with suspicion as foreign implements associated strictly with the Roman Catholic Church. Blending history with the study of material culture, Ryan K. Smith sheds light on the ironic convergence of anti-Catholicism and the Gothic Revival movement in nineteenth-century America. Smith finds the source for both movements in the sudden rise of Roman Catholicism after 1820, when it began to grow from a tiny minority into the country's largest single religious body. Its growth triggered a corresponding rise in anti-Catholic activities, as activists representing every major Protestant denomination attacked "popery" through the pulpit, the press, and politics. At the same time, Catholic worship increasingly attracted young, genteel observers around the country. Its art and its tangible access to the sacred meshed well with the era's romanticism and market-based materialism. Smith argues that these tensions led Protestant churches to break with tradition and adopt recognizably Latin art. He shows how architectural and artistic features became tools through which Protestants adapted to America's new commercialization while simultaneously defusing the potent Catholic "threat." The results presented a colorful new religious landscape, but they also illustrated the durability of traditional religious boundaries.

Author : Thomas F. Rzeznik
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780271063263

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Church and Estate by Thomas F. Rzeznik Pdf

In Church and Estate, Thomas Rzeznik examines the lives and religious commitments of the Philadelphia elite during the period of industrial prosperity that extended from the late nineteenth century through the 1920s. The book demonstrates how their religious beliefs informed their actions and shaped their class identity, while simultaneously revealing the ways in which financial influences shaped the character of American religious life. In tracing those connections, it shows how religion and wealth shared a fruitful, yet ultimately tenuous, relationship.

Author : Brian Regan
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780813553467

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Gothic Pride by Brian Regan Pdf

Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart is one of the United States’ greatest cathedrals and most exceptional Gothic Revival buildings. Rising from Newark’s highest ground and visible for miles, it spectacularly evokes its historic models. Gothic Pride sets Sacred Heart in the context of American cathedral building and, blending diverse fields, accounts for the complex circumstances that produced it. Calling upon a wealth of primary sources, Brian Regan describes in a compelling narrative the cathedral’s almost century-long history. He traces the project to its origins in the late 1850s and the great expectations held by the project’s prime movers—all passionate about Gothic architecture and immensely proud of Newark—that never wavered despite numerous setbacks and challenges. Construction did not begin until 1898 and, when completed in 1954, the cathedral became New Jersey’s largest church—and the most expensive Catholic church ever built in America. During Pope John Paul II’s visit to the United States in 1995, he celebrated evening prayer at the Cathedral. On that occasion, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart was elevated to a basilica to become the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Meticulously researched, Gothic Pride brings to life the people who built, contributed to, and worshipped in Sacred Heart, recalling such remarkable personalities as George Hobart Doane, Jeremiah O’Rourke, Gonippo Raggi, and Archbishop Thomas Walsh. In many ways, the cathedral’s story is a lens that lets us look at the history of Newark itself—its rise as an industrial city and its urban culture in the nineteenth century; its transformation in the twentieth century; its immigrants and the profound effects of their cultures, especially their religion, on American life; and the power of architecture to serve as a symbol of community values and pride..

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Church decoration and ornament
ISBN : OCLC:20979125

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Stained Glass Windows from Philadelphia's Historic Houses of Worship by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mary Lacoste
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1947191527

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Stained Glass Windows by Mary Lacoste Pdf

Designs to study, color and mount are accompanied by discussions of significance and style. major designs are printed on one side of paper only and can be detached for painting or application of other coloring media. A map of the location of the historic houses of worship is provided with suggestions for walking tours.

Author : David R. Contosta
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780271068916

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This Far by Faith by David R. Contosta Pdf

The history of the Diocese of Pennsylvania is in many ways a history of the Episcopal Church at large. It remains one of the largest and most influential dioceses in the national church. Its story has paralleled and illustrated the challenges and accomplishments of the wider denomination—and of issues that concern the American people as a whole. In This Far by Faith, ten professional historians provide the first complete history of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. It will become essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the history and significance of the Episcopal Church and of its evolution in the Greater Philadelphia area. Aside from the editor, the contributors are Charles Cashdollar, Marie Conn, William W. Cutler III, Deborah Mathias Gough, Ann Greene, Sheldon Hackney, Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner, William Pencak, and Thomas F. Rzeznik.

Author : Walter Melion,Michael Zell,Joanna Woodall
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004346468

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Ut pictura amor by Walter Melion,Michael Zell,Joanna Woodall Pdf

An examination of the related themes of lovemaking and image-making in the visual arts of Europe, China, Japan, and Persia.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131561941

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Choice by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015079672526

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American Catholic Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : John H. Foertschbeck, Sr.
Publisher : John H. Foertschbeck, Sr.
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780982934425

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German Catholic Parishes of Maryland and Pennsylvania by John H. Foertschbeck, Sr. Pdf

A brief history of early Catholics and German Catholics and the Jesuit and Redemptorist missionaries in the Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Author : Danylo Husar Struk
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 2642 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442651272

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Encyclopedia of Ukraine by Danylo Husar Struk Pdf

Over thirty years in the making, the most comprehensive work in English on Ukraine is now complete: its history, people, geography, economy, and cultural heritage, both in Ukraine and in the diaspora.

Author : Nola Huse Tutag,Lucy Hamilton
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0814318754

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Discovering Stained Glass in Detroit by Nola Huse Tutag,Lucy Hamilton Pdf

The Detroit area boasts many fine examples of stained glass representing a variety of periods and styles. The European stained glass collection at teh Detroit Institute of Arts ranks amongst the most important in the United States. Churches and synagogues contain panels from notable designsers and studios, and exquisite glass can also be found in many public and private buildings like the Detroit Public Library, Cranbrook House, the Guardian Building, and the David Whitney, Jr., house. Discovering Stained Glass in Detroit contains sixty examples of the area's stained glass treasures, each stunningly presented in full color. Author Nola Huse Tutag accompanies each illustration with an explanatory text. Line drawings illustrate the buildings where the panels are located. The windows represent works by designers such as Louis Comfort Tiffany, Charles J. Connick, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Matisse, as well as those from European and American studios.