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Oncology Center Chapel Window 11' - 2" w by 8' - 11' h German, French and Domestic Mouthblown Glass; Lead; Solder. Art Consultant: Angela Norris, in•site Art Consulting Group, Indianapolis, IN Architect: Darin Lanich, Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf, Inc., Indianapolis, IN The nondenominational Chapel at St. Vincent Hospital’s Oncology Center offers a quiet retreat for prayer, meditation and worship. As soon as patients and visitors approach the Oncology Center, the stained glass window greets them with its reflective white glasses. The window’s exterior imagery echoes the flowing water and waving foliage that animate adjacent, beautifully landscaped gardens and walkways. Once inside the chapel, the stained glass window reveals sparkling textures and warm color. Transparent colors and filmy white glasses allow glimpses out into the gardens and skyscape while grays and translucent whites provide a sense of privacy and separation. |
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The stained glass design is inspired by the uplifting concepts of growth and flowering which symbolize hope, enlightenment and transcendence. The window can be seen as a metaphor for our reaching up toward enlightenment or for the reassuring descent of light down to us. Shapes reminiscent of both germinating seed and opening blossom unfold upward from the darkest lower areas of gray glass into the hopeful, brighter parts of the window. The brightest sections at the top appear to flow past the upper limit of the window frame into an infinite, unseen brightness beyond.
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