Buffalo Religious Arts Center - Table of contents
North Nave
Stained Glass Windows
Buffalo Religious
Arts Center Xavier
Hall Gallery
Formerly St. Francis
Xavier RC Church
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- Stations of the Cross ##8-7
- Stations of the Cross ##6-5
- Stations of the Cross ##4-3
- Stations of the Cross ##2-1
- Flagellation of Jesus / Jesus in in the Garden of Gethsemane
I
Stained Glass Windows in Buffalo Stations of the CrossIt is unusual to have the Stations of the Cross depicted in stained glass windows. (Placed in the church in 1913)These windows are by the F. X. Zettler company, one of the studios in Germany associated with the Munich Pictorial Style. Two of the windows are signed (see one below).
The German studios were favored by Roman Catholic churches in America.
The German studios typically used enamel paints in imitating Renaissance style windows - as opposed to Gothic style or opalescent style, both of which were favored in Protestant churches in America.
Romanesque style churches found in later 11th-12th centuries were fairly dark spaces because of few, small windows, often oculus (round) in shape. The style of St. Francis Xavier RC Church is Romanesque Revival. It is somewhat ironic that Romanesque Revival churches in America used large stained glass windows which were not developed until the later Gothic era (1150-1500) churches and cathedrals.
North upper clearstory and lower nave windows Detail below:
North nave windows Details below:
Encounter with the women of Jerusalem /Jesus falls the second time.
A two-panel window with rounded arches united by a circle depicting an angel holding a branch.
Each scene is framed by an ornate architectural canopy and surmounted by a cross bottony. The canopies unite the double lancets and frame the figures that might otherwise appear to float in space.
"The 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 Gothic cathedrals began to soar and windows became taller and narrower." - Nola Huse Tutag, Discovering Stained Glass in Detroit, p. 93
Left panel: Station of the Cross #8 Encounter with the women of Jerusalem (see Luke 23:27-31);
Right panel: Station of the Cross #7 - Jesus falls the second time
Details:
Encounter with the women of Jerusalem /Jesus falls the second time
The two-panel window is united by a circle depicting this angel with palm branch
Encounter with the women of Jerusalem /Jesus falls the second time Cross bottony
"The 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 Gothiccathedrals began to soar and windows became taller and narrower." - Nola Huse Tutag, Discovering Stained Glass in Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1987, p. 93
Encounter with the women of Jerusalem
Encounter with the women of Jerusalem
Encounter with the women of Jerusalem
Jesus falls the second time
Perspective, architectural details and the detailed enamel work characterize the Munich Pictorial style which drew heavily on Renaissance art for inspiration.
The window is three-dimensional, an effect aided by the landscape in the background.
Jesus falls the second time
#6 Veronica wiping Jesus' face /#5 Simon of Cyrene helping Jesus
Left panel: Stations of the Cross #6 Veronica wiping Jesus' face
Right panel: Stations of the Cross #5 Simon of Cyrene helping Jesus (the Gospels, however, place this event at the beginning of the Via Dolorosa; see Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26)
DETAILS BELOW:
Angel holding a Latin cross.
Veronica wiping Jesus' face
Veronica wiping Jesus' face
Veronica wiping Jesus' face - legend, but not in the Bible!
Wikipedia: Veil of Veronica
Architectural canopy Cross bottony
Simon of Cyrene helping Jesus Note IHS on Jesus' clothing
Simon of Cyrene helping Jesus Note IHS on Jesus' clothing
#4 The encounter with his mother / # 3 Christ's first fall DETAILS BELOW:
The encounter with Mary, his mother
The encounter with Mary, his mother
Perspective, architectural details and the detailed enamel work characterize the Munich Pictorial style which drew heavily on Renaissance art for inspiration.
The window is three-dimensional, an effect aided by the landscape in the background.
The encounter with Mary, his mother
Stations of the Cross ##2-1
Right panel: Station of the Cross #1 The condemnation of Jesus by Pilate ((see Matthew 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15; Luke 2:17-25; John 18:38-40, 19:4-16)
Left panel: Station of the Cross #2 Jesus' acceptance of the cross (see John 19:17)
DETAILS BELOW:
The two-panel window is united by a circle depicting this angel holding a Latin cross
The condemnation of Jesus by Pilate / Jesus' acceptance of the cross
The condemnation of Jesus by Pilate / Jesus' acceptance of the cross
The condemnation of Jesus by Pilate / Jesus' acceptance of the cross
The condemnation of Jesus by Pilate / Jesus' acceptance of the cross
The condemnation of Jesus by Pilate / Jesus' acceptance of the cross
The condemnation of Jesus by Pilate / Jesus' acceptance of the cross
F. X. Zettler signature
These windows are by the F. X. Zettler company, one of the studios in Germany associated with the Munich Pictorial Style. This window and another on the south nave are signed.
Flagellation of Jesus / Jesus in in the Garden of Gethsemane
Flagellation of Jesus / Jesus in the Garden of Gethseman
A two-panel window with rounded arches united by a circle depicting an angel holding a branch.
Each scene is framed by an ornate architectural canopy and surmounted by a cross bottony. The canopies unite the double lancetsand frame the figures that might otherwise appear to float in space.
"The 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 Gothic cathedrals began to soar and windows became taller and narrower." - Nola Huse Tutag, Discovering Stained Glass in Detroit, p. 93
Left panel: Flagellation of Jesus (Not a Station of the Cross)
Right panel: Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (Not a Station of the Cross)
DETAILS BELOW:
Flagellation of Jesus
Flagellation of Jesus
Note flogging tools at bottom left Palm branch is associated with martyrdom
Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane
Angel The branch at top is identical to the one in Stations of the Cross ## 8-7
Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane
Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane
