One wall is an abstraction of colored and translucent glass with abstract symbols of the four evangelists. Glass by Berend Hendriks.

The conservative exterior gives way to a simple liturgical center for this Lutheran church, illuminated by a brilliant wall of contemporary abstract stained glass by Hans Bernd Gossel. The altar/table can best be described ...

Entry into the great church room is past the great Baptismal Font. It's ceramic bowl allows the waters of baptism to be heard throughout the church room. The stained glass window at the rear of the sanctuary, showing the ...

One of the earliest surviving examples of stained glass is the window of St. Quirin

Reflecting the ancient practice of a baptistery separate from the church, this baptistery is attached to the church room and boasts elegant stained glass by Jean Bazaine.

Ludwig Schaffrath was one of the premier stained glass artists in the third quarter of the 20th century. Schaffrath's artistic premise was that in the modern world, the stained glass was not to teach biblical stories but ...

Again, Ektachrome required two photos when the eye could simultaneously see the richness of the stained glass and the liturgical center.

The glory of the rectangular room is the incredibly wonderful wall of greenish/gray glass. And when the wind moves the leaves of the trees in the adjoining wood, the leaves of this wonderful glass wall seem to move as well.

Set in a panel in the glass wall is a traditional but far more expensive stained glass interpretation of the Annunciation.

From left to right: a chapel with the great rose window and perhaps a monumental structure to hold the tabernacle. Toward the center of the photo, a side chapel marked only by a semiabstract hanging with the extended hand ...