"The designs for six new stained-glass windows for the cathedral of Notre Dame will go on show from tomorrow at the Grand Palais in Paris, despite a number of protests against the project. The works by the French artist Claire Tabouret will replace monochrome windows commissioned by the architects Eugene Viollet-le-Duc and Jean-Baptiste Lassus in the 19th century."
"In a gallery reached via three storeys of circular stairs in the Grand Pailais's quiet south western end, the building's walls are lined with dazzling, full-scale, in ink on paper maquettes of the cathedral's new windows. Every time there is a new artistic intervention in a historic part of Paris, there is a controversy, and it's interesting to be part of that history, Tabouret tells The Art Newspaper."
"They follow the given brief: the story of the Pentecost when the Holy Spirit appeared at a large gathering and filled each soul. I'm not religious, she says, but it is a story about community and celebration. Tabouret is known as a figurative painter, but here she shifts between human groupings and vivid landscapesa roiling sea, trees swept by a galeto create an animated sequence of imagery."
Six new stained-glass windows for Notre-Dame will be exhibited at the Grand Palais in Paris amid protests over replacing 19th-century monochrome windows. The original monochrome windows were unharmed by the fire that destroyed the cathedral's spire five years ago, prompting objections from experts who warn replacement could breach cultural guidelines. Full-scale ink-on-paper maquettes line a gallery reached by circular stairs. Claire Tabouret's designs, selected from over 100 artists, follow the Pentecost brief and mix human groupings with vivid landscapes. Tabouret is collaborating with stained-glass masters Atelier Simon-Marq, and the glass colours will derive from her painting palette.
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