Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Stained glass reflected in glass

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Reflected in a showcase displaying old maps at the National Library of Israel is Mordechai Ardon's great work of stained glass.

It makes an entire wall at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Measuring 16 x 6 meters/yards, this creation is among the largest stained glass windows ever made.
The theme is the prophet Isaiah's vision (Isaiah 2:2-4) of eternal peace at the End of Days.
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An earlier post explains the rich symbolism and gives a closer view.
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City Daily Photo's July 1 theme day is Reflections.
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13 comments:

  1. Wonderful glas and art! Som many great colors.
    Wish you a blessed evening and hugs from north:-)

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  2. How brilliant Dina, this is wonderful!

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  3. This is beautiful to play with light in a library or cathedral-it seems almost necessary.

    passez le maïs soufflé mystique.

    shalom
    love and light

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  4. Melting the outside in, maybe even the other way round, could also be, that it is the same. May peace indeed be arround.

    daily athens

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  5. What stunning wrought iron art. Brilliant! Literally!

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  6. perfect for this Theme Day! I enjoyed this and the original post. I don't know much of Mordechai Ardon and I have absolutely to find something more.

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  7. Must be amazing to see in person.

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  8. What beautiful stained glass. The style reminds me a bit of the more abst ract ones at Saint Severin in Paris.
    V

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  9. Wonderful choice for Theme Day, Dina!

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  10. This is so beautiful, Dina. We've always loved stained glass, hence the reason we named our daughter, Tiffany.

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  11. Gosh, I missed that post last year. Thanks for providing the link and the explanation — it's a fascinating and beautiful piece of work!

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  12. Beautiful... if we are ever to be at peace, it will be God's doing, not man's...

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