Dommartin, church - stained glass window
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This stained glass window shows Saint Martin, patron saint of the parish, with a cross, a symbol of peace.
This stained-glass window is vertical and semicircular, in the modern geometric style (1950s). It combines an abstract visual language—rays and angular motifs—with a highly readable central figurative scene. The central scene is housed in a diamond-shaped medallion. A mounted Roman soldier, wearing a halo, holds aloft a cross, before kneeling, seated, and standing soldiers. In the background are military tents, a hilly landscape, and elements evoking a military camp scene, likely on the banks of the Rhine, the frontier of the Roman Empire. At the bottom, two inscriptions read, "St. Martin, patron saint of the parish, imposes peace on the banks of the Rhine" and "In memory of the victims of the wars of 1914-1918 – 1939-1945."This stained-glass window is vertical and semicircular, in the modern geometric style (1950s). It combines an abstract visual language—rays and angular motifs—with a highly readable central figurative scene. The central scene is housed in a diamond-shaped medallion. A mounted Roman soldier, wearing a halo, holds aloft a cross, before kneeling, seated, and standing soldiers. In the background are military tents, a hilly landscape, and elements evoking a military camp scene, likely on the banks of the Rhine, the frontier of the Roman Empire. At the bottom, two inscriptions read, "St. Martin, patron saint of the parish, imposes peace on the banks of the Rhine" and "In memory of the victims of the wars of 1914-1918 – 1939-1945."
This stained-glass window is vertical and semicircular, in the modern geometric style (1950s). It combines an abstract visual language—rays and angular motifs—with a highly readable central figurative scene. The central scene is housed in a diamond-shaped medallion. A mounted Roman soldier, wearing a halo, holds aloft a cross, before kneeling, seated, and standing soldiers. In the background are military tents, a hilly landscape, and elements evoking a military camp scene, likely on the banks of the Rhine, the frontier of the Roman Empire. At the bottom, two inscriptions read, "St. Martin, patron saint of the parish, imposes peace on the banks of the Rhine" and "In memory of the victims of the wars of 1914-1918 – 1939-1945."
