Lancet Redemption Window Analysis

The “Lancet Redemption Windows” is a stained glass window that is made out of pot-metal glass. The “Lancet Redemption Window” is a religious piece of art out of a church in France. This piece of art has four panels, each containing events of Christ’s final moments of life. The center panel portrays the Crucifixion of Christ on the cross. In the panel above Crucifixion, Christ is praying in a garden. This panel was a replacement for the original panel which was of Christ ascending into the heavens. Just below the Crucifixion panel is an image of three women Christ’s empty tomb. They are met by an angel who tells then that Christ has risen from the dead. In all the panels above and below the Crucifixion represent Christ’s victory over death. In the uppermost panel of Christ seated with and aura and halo on his head, we can find some symbolism. Christ is surrounded by a man, eagle, ox, and a lion, symbolizing Matthew, John, Luke, and Mark, the four gospel writers. (St. Louis Art Museum. “Lancet Redemption Window”) The “Lancet …show more content…
Since these stained glass windows were usually high up in the church, people could not see what the art was portraying. The people believed it was a portrayal of Christ’s Crucifixion because that is what they were told. This shows in which you believe in something, even though you are not able to see it. I believe the reason that this piece was made was due to the advances in architecture at the later end of the twelfth century. They were able to produce taller and larger buildings out of stone and wanted the new cathedrals to have a visual representation of Christ. The patron of this piece of art would have been an architect that was in charge of designing and building the cathedral or someone from the church. The “Lancet Redemption Window” would have been displayed in a cathedral, higher up on the wall and probably behind the altar so everyone could see