scientists – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

When out of town guests visit, it’s an opportunity to be a tourist where you live and appreciate the sights the city has to offer. We parked and went into Heinz Chapel and I’ve been in many times. Each time you enter you think, hmmm I could be in France, the architecture and feeling of the sanctuary is remarkable. Some of the stained glass windows are seven stories high. I learned that they were all designed by a single artist

“The chapel’s 23 windows were designed by Charles Connick and created at his Boston studio. The windows total approximately 4,000 square feet (370 m²) and contain nearly 250,000 pieces of glass. There are 391 identifiable people in the windows, a large supporting cast of anonymous individuals, and an extensive variety of flora and fauna.”

Here are a few examples of some of the windows

Isaac Newton, John Keats, Emily Dickinson William Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln and Beethoven to name a few.

September 26, 2019 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: architecture, art, Beethover, chapel, church, Emily Dickinson, Heinz Chapel, musicians, photography, Pittsburgh PA, scientists, stained glass, Stained glass windows, writers 14 Comments

It was a different kind of day. Testing. I was a helper-outer on the second floor the first two periods. When I returned to the art room I came down a stairwell I don’t use. The window with the sun coming through. An hourglass with wings? All those inventors and scientists. I wondered what ones the students would know. It was my prep. I went to the art room and got my camera. I remember a statue of Howe in Seaside Park in Bridgeport CT where I went to college. Remembered I lived on Howe St. when we first moved to Pittsburgh. I had to look up McCormick. Cyrus. And George Stephenson. Good thing it wasn’t Jeopardy with the category of inventors. An unexpected find at school today. The hourglass with wings struck me. Scroll down to see the detail shot.

Inventors in Stained Glass — What I Found at School Today.

April 13, 2010April 13, 2010 by Ruth Categories: photo of the day, What I FoundTags: childhood, city scene, Garfield, inventors, memories, photography, Pittsburgh, school, scientists, stained glass, vintage 6 Comments

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Stained Glass Windows at Heinz Chapel Pittsburgh

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Time Flying in Stained Glass (2)

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