This Chapel has as its focus a replica of an extraordinary piece of art – the Stalingrad Madonna.
The curved figure of the Virgin Mary enfolds her baby in her hood, her eyes closed. The words around her translate as ‘1942 Christmas in the cauldron…Light, Life, Love’.
It was drawn at a time of terrible suffering, but the mother keeps her baby safe, a symbol of light, life and love.*
*Info from a signboard next to the chapel
I have looked back on your recent Coventry Cathedral postings. I’m not a huge fan of 20thC concrete buildings, but found Coventry Cathedral a humbling, atmospheric, place.
The symbolism and artwork within the Cathedral are what gives it a special feeling.
This chapel is a bit too slick to me.
Shines like a diamond.
For me, it had not atmosphere.