Life of Christ. Eglise Saint-Sulpice de Fougères (detail) 1919

Editor: This section of a stained-glass artwork, made in 1919 by Ludovic Alleaume, is titled "Life of Christ." Something about this specific scene--a young child, maybe Jesus, reaching towards a hand--feels so intimate. What’s your reading of it? Curator: There's a dreaminess to it, isn't there? Almost a remembered fragment, like a half-caught melody. The glass, especially when light pours through it, gives it this ethereal quality. Alleaume reaches back towards Medieval art conventions, yet his personal touch whispers through it all. How does that Medieval revival aesthetic resonate with you? Editor: I hadn't considered the Medieval elements. I suppose the colours and figuration do point to it! Does that impact how we should interpret its story? Curator: Hugely. He's pulling from a visual language steeped in symbolism, using it to tell a story already deeply embedded in our cultural consciousness. That child-like reaching, the implied touch—it's not just narrative, it is invoking an emotion. Stained glass does that, don’t you think? It envelops. Editor: Absolutely. It feels like an embrace in itself, drawing you into that moment in time. Curator: And perhaps that’s the genius. Alleaume transforms a historical narrative into a shared, timeless moment of human connection. Makes you ponder faith in an intriguing way, doesn't it? Editor: It really does. I'll certainly never look at stained glass the same way. Thanks!