Det indre af en kirke i gotisk bygningsstil. Sollyset falder ind fra venstre side. 1827

Gynther painted 'The Interior of a Church in Gothic Style. Sunlight Enters from the Left' with watercolor, likely in the late 18th or early 19th century. The cool, muted tones of the painting evoke a sense of quiet contemplation, but also of the sublime, which was an aesthetic category that valued the feeling of awe. The grandeur of Gothic architecture, with its towering columns and pointed arches, invites us to reflect on humanity’s place in the universe. But it’s important to think about who is included in this invitation. During Gynther's life, societal structures often excluded women and people of color from participating fully in religious and intellectual life. Thus, these spaces of supposed universal spirituality were often sites of exclusion and privilege. The painting, then, acts as a quiet record of the way power is structured, and the way spirituality is framed, in the Western world.