Windows of Faith
The Windows of Faith are a welcoming visualization of the Loyola University Museum of Art’s mission: the exploration of the spiritual through the art of all faiths and cultures. To date, the five contemporary world’s leading faiths are represented.
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Buddhism
Andra Samelson
Generous gift of Debra Yates in memory of Stephen R. Yates
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Christianity
Meltem Aktas
Generous gift of Guy and Gisele Di Spigno
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Hinduism
Indira Freitas Johnson
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Islam
Savera Iftikhar
Generous gift of Ms. Joyce Ruth Saxon
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Judaism
Lester Lampert
Generous gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lampert in memory of Seymour Lampert
The windows are the work of local artists, adherents to the particular faith. Through a rich lexicon of visual imagery and symbols, the artists have striven to articulate tenets of their faith and aspects of its cultural and history, thus the depiction of the Western Wall, the only surviving element of Jerusalem’s Second Temple in the Judaism window, and the incorporation of the declaration of faith La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadur rasoolu Allah—There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God—to signify Islam.
The windows are the work of local artists, adherents to the particular faith. Through a rich lexicon of visual imagery and symbols, the artists have striven to articulate tenets of their faith and aspects of its cultural and history, thus the depiction of the Western Wall, the only surviving element of Jerusalem’s Second Temple in the Judaism window, and the incorporation of the declaration of faith La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadur rasoolu Allah—There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God—to signify Islam.