Stained-glass windows at Paradiso
The stained-glass windows in our Main Hall have been designed by artists Berend Strik and Hans van Houwelingen. They called this project "The Modern Morale" and gave each window its own theme, ranging from Creation and Love to Work, Nature and Death.
The Modern Morale
The windows reflect society's developments requiring us to make new moral choices. The role of women in society, gay rights or cloning: if you watch carefully, you'll find them somewhere in our windows!
The original stained-glass windows were removed in the 1970s. They dated from the days our building was used as a church and depicted thinkers like Socrates, Dante, Spinoza and Goethe. In 1993, the idea was formed to create new glass windows specifically for our building, and that how "The Modern Morale" came to be.
Audio Tour (Dutch only)
Want to know more about the development of this piece? The artists guide you past all windows in our building and tell you all about how and why they were made through our Audio Tour. Every window has its own Audio Tour, you can find out more via the YouTube playlist below. The Audio Tours are Dutch spoken.
Watch here all the parts of the Audio Tour (in Dutch)
Postcards
"The Modern Morale" is sponsored by Hans van Houwelingen & Berend Strik, Glas Bewerkingsbedrijf Brabant, Peggy Hermans, Anton Kok, Prosper de Roos, Jair Stein and soundlands.nl.