Stained Glass banner image

Featured Window

Window of the Month
Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

Click any image to enlarge.




Window

Building Name: Alumni Memorial Chapel

Studio Name: Willet Hauser Architectural Glass

City: East Lansing

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Subject/Title of Window: Wisdom

Brief Description of Subject: One in a set of three windows located on the East wall of Nave. Wisdom depicts many small symbols and portraits representing different humanities. At the bottom of the V is the shinto symbol Tomoye, the revolution of the Universe through Wisdom. At the top of the windows are world religions, Christianity, Judaism, Mohammodan , Taoism, Buddhism and Hinduism. Most windows in the Alumni Memorial Chapel are sets of three on the same general topic with the same donor. This window is grouped with Truth (L3a) and Beauty (L3c). All seeing eye of God surrounded by emblems of world faiths. At the base of the piece is a triskilion depicting the motion and change and dynamicism of the world in which the faiths are practiced. The study of History is represented by the great Sphinx of Eqypt, the caryatids of the Erectheum, Greece and the Laws of Hammurabi of Babylonia. The Study of Philosphy is represented by portraits of Aristotle and Francis Bacon. The Study of Literature is represented by a portrait of Homer. Designed by Anthony Mako.

Inscriptions: wisdom
religion
history
philosophy
literature


Condition of Window: Good

Height: 58"

Width: 18"

Type of Glass and Technique: Antique or Cathedral Glass, Lead Came, Vitreous Paint

Wisdom
Wisdom

The MSGC is a constantly evolving database. Not all the data that has been collected by volunteers has been sorted and entered. Not every building has been completely documented.

All images in the Index are either born-digital photographs of windows or buildings or are scans of slides, prints, or other published sources. These images have been provided by volunteers and the quality of the material varies widely.

If you have any questions, additions or corrections, or think you can provide better images and are willing to share them, please contact donald20@msu.edu