Assumption
RC Church - Table of Contents
West nave windows -
Assumption RC Church
435 Amherst Street, Buffalo, NY 14207
Illustrations below (reverse chronological order): Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene ..... Resurrection ..... Preaching ..... Gives Peter the Keys to Heaven ..... Baptism ..... Jesus Learns Carpentry ..... Holy Family ..... Presentation of Jesus in the Temple ..... Nativity/Shepherds ..... Annunciation
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The
studios that produced the stained
glass windows in the church, including
the nave
windows illustrated here, are unknown due to flooding
that destroyed many church records. Henry
Swiatek, Jr. opines that the nave windows
are European, probably German. All the windows are two-panel windows with rounded arches united by a semicircle. All the windows are in the pictorial Renaissance style of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. They are heavily painted in enamel on glass and are rich in color with large realistic figures heavily painted in rich and dark colors. The Renaissance style window is three-dimensional, an effect aided by the landscape in the background. Illustrations below are of windows starting near the front of the church (altar). The theme is Biblical Scenes of Jesus, in contrast to the east nave where Saints are featured. |
![]() West nave ![]() Left: West transept The 2010-11 renovation project included gilding the capitals. |
Christ
Appears to Mary Magdalene![]() Christ Appears to Mary Magdalene Note the door to the cave where Christ had been buried Three details below: ![]() "The architectural canopies in the space above the figures are a favorite device used by the German Studios to fill large windows. This device was first introduced in the fourteenth century when German cathedrals began to soar and windows became taller and narrower." – Nola Huse Tutag, Discovering Stained Glass in Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1987, p. 93 ![]() Lilies ![]() Note the door to the cave where Christ had been buried . |
The Resurrection![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() Luke 18:16: "Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs." ![]() ![]() |
Christ
Gives Peter the Keys to Heaven![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Baptism
of Jesus![]() ![]() |
Jesus Learns Carpentry![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Holy
Family![]() ![]() ![]() |
Presentation
of Jesus in the Temple![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Nativity/Shepherds![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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