GALLERY of STAINED GLASS ART
ROBERT FERTITTA, photographer and curator
Feature VI
St. Joseph Church, Danbury, CT
The stained glass windows of this 1905 church appear in thematically connected groups on the north, west and south walls. A magnificent rose window, on the east wall of the church, dominates the facade directly above the triple arched entrance.
On the west wall, above the altar, seven windows form a semicircle. They are six feet in height. In the center is Christ the High Priest.
The other six windows depict prominent saints, and are presented here in pairs. Two of the evangelists and St. Peter stand to the left of Christ while St. Patrick and the other two evangelists are to his right.
St. Mark St. Matthew
St. Peter St. Patrick
St. Luke St. John
St. Cecelia, the patron of music, is seated at the organ in the center of the Rose Window. Some of the twelve cherubic figures surrounding her are rotated at unusual angles. The window is twelve feet in diameter.
The Rose Window
On the north and south (side) walls of the church, twelve events from the lives of Christ and The Blessed Mother are depicted. They are presented here with their upper arch and lower dedication panels cropped away. All of the arches and dedications are identical. The Ascension window appears again at the bottom left of this page, complete with arch and dedication. Each full side window is eleven feet tall.
The Annunciation The Nativity
The Finding in the Temple Jesus Blessing the Children
Jesus Feeds the Multitude The Sermon on the Mount
Peter is Given the Key to Heaven The Agony in the Garden
The Crucifixion The Resurrection
The Ascension The Descent of the Holy Spirit
A smaller window is also located on each of the side walls of the church. Like the twelve clerestory windows, they are six feet in height.
St. Mary St. Joseph
The photographs of the interior and exterior of the church reveal a combination of styles, with the upper arch playing a predominant role.
The nave and facade (above) and the dome and altar (below). Both images are viewable full screen by clicking the plus sign in the lower right corner.
The image below is of one of the twelve side windows, here including the arch (top) and the dedication (bottom).
The Ascension (full window)
Five of the clerestory windows are pictured to the left and below. They may be viewed at higher magnification by clicking the plus sign in the lower right corner of the image.
The detail cutouts below are from two of the side windows. They may also be viewed at higher magnification.
The Nativity
The Agony in the Garden
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