Window
Building Name: Zion Lutheran ChurchStudio Name: Hauser Art Class Company, Inc.
City: Ferndale
Window Shape: 5 (gothic arched, 2 vertical sections)
Date of Window: 1970
Subject/Title of Window: Creation, Fall of Man
Brief Description of Subject: This is the first of four aisle windows that use material from the Old Testament.
The following description is based on notes from the Church's Stained Glass Tour held on Sunday, April 28, 1985.
The left lancet picture is named "Creation" and shows God's hand reaching down from the cloud. We see sky and water, sun and moon, and a tree representing growing things.
The right lancet picture is named the "Fall of Man." God gave man a choice. The tree and snake represent temptation, the result was original sin.
The artist for this window was Edward Glubka.
Height: 84"
Width: 51"
Type of Glass and Technique: Antique or Cathedral Glass, Enamel Paint, Lead Came
Creation, Fall of Man
Creation, Fall of Man close-up
Creation, Fall of Man outside
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