Thursday, May 7, 2009

Targu Mures: Palace of Culture Stained Glass Windows 1

But the crowning glories of the building are the stained glass windows on the first (for us Americans second) floor in the Hall of Mirrors. One set of windows is inspired by Szekler folk legends. These were made from Thorocozkai-Wigand's paintings and reflect, according to the guide we bought at the museum, "the Szekler's material-social and spiritual ethnography, architectural styles, housing family life, important works." The windows were made in Miksa Roth's workshop in Budapest (1913).


This one is called Csaba's Cradle.


I love the stars coming in the window while the mother and the baby dream.

And these jugs, which I have seen still hanging in many Romanian homes.





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