The gallery
Twenty-four sanctuaries
From Chartres to Sagrada Família — every sign you learn lights another shard in one of twenty-four real stained-glass masterpieces. Tap any window to step inside.
Chartres, France · c. 1235
Chartres North Rose
The jewel of French High Gothic
Paris, France · c. 1250
Notre-Dame North Rose
Twelve-fold cobalt cosmos
Paris, France · c. 1248
Sainte-Chapelle Lancets
A reliquary built of light
Canterbury, England · c. 1180
Canterbury Miracle Windows
Pilgrim stories in jewelled glass
York, England · c. 1408
York Great East Window
The Apocalypse in 311 panels
Reims, France · c. 1275
Reims Cathedral Rose
Where French kings were crowned
Strasbourg, France · c. 1318
Strasbourg Rose
A wheel of fourteen petals
Cologne, Germany · 2007
Cologne Richter Window
11,500 pixels of cathedral light
Cambridge, England · c. 1515–1547
King's College Chapel
Henry VIII's testament in glass
Barcelona, Spain · 1999–ongoing
Sagrada Família Glass
Gaudí's forest of color
Vincennes, France · c. 1550
Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes
Renaissance light on a Gothic frame
Winter Park, Florida · c. 1900
Tiffany Magnolias & Irises
Art Nouveau in opalescent glass
New York, USA · 1923
Tiffany Autumn Landscape
A view through living glass
Buffalo, New York · 1904
Wright's Tree of Life
Prairie School geometry
Chicago, USA · 1977
Chagall America Windows
A bicentennial gift in blue
Gloucester, England · 1993
Denny's Gloucester Windows
Contemplative modern English glass
Jerusalem, Israel · 1962
Chagall Twelve Tribes
Twelve lancets, twelve blessings
Shiraz, Iran · 1888
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque
The Pink Mosque at sunrise
Budapest, Hungary · 1859
Dohány Street Synagogue
Moorish Revival in Budapest
Palma, Spain · c. 1370
La Seu Rose of Mallorca
The largest Gothic rose in Europe
Prague, Czech Republic · 1931
Mucha's St Vitus Window
Czech Art Nouveau in a Gothic frame
Zurich, Switzerland · 2009
Polke's Grossmünster
Sliced agate as sacred glass
Vence, France · 1951
Matisse's Chapelle du Rosaire
The artist's late masterpiece
New Haven, USA · 1890
Tiffany Education Window
Allegory of Religion, Science, and Art