Window
Building Name: Cathedral of St. PaulStudio Name: Willet Hauser Architectural Glass
City: Detroit
Window Shape: 3 (arched)
Date of Window: 1943
Subject/Title of Window: Archangel Uriel
Brief Description of Subject: The tower houses windows of angelic sentinels standing guard, teaching messages of action and leadership.
The four angels to the east are Archangels. The fourth angel is Uriel. Uriel is the angel of wisdom and is seen here watching over the Virgin Mary teaching Christ to read.
As the windows were viewed from a great distance and height, it has been necessary to attenuate the figures, faces, and details in order to bring them down to the eye of the beholder as figures of normal proportions and character. The figures have been carried out with formal gestures that they may tell their story while retaining their decorative charm. It was this kind of treatment that was used so effectively in the medieval windows of the French Cathedrals.
Henry Lee Willet, Designer and Executor
These windows were donated by Mrs. Henry P. Williams in memory of her husband Henry Phillips Williams. They are the parents of G.Mennen Williams, the 41st Governor of the State of Michigan (1949-1961).
Archangel Uriel
Archangels Raphael, Uriel
Archangel Uriel, Willet studio sketch
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