id: 169653 accession number: 2011.461 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.461 updated: 2023-04-22 12:24:41.810000 French Church Series No. 40: In Memoriam, 1939. John Taylor Arms (American, 1887–1953). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2011.461 Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins title: French Church Series No. 40: In Memoriam title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1939 creation date earliest: 1939 creation date latest: 1939 current location: creditline: Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt copyright: Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins --- culture: America, 20th century technique: etching department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Fletcher 317 --- CREATORS * John Taylor Arms (American, 1887–1953) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: II/II edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Modern Gothic: The Etchings of John Taylor Arms opening date: 2012-06-09T00:00:00 Modern Gothic: The Etchings of John Taylor Arms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9-September 30, 2012). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This etching, which commemorates the death of Arms’s mother-in-law, depicts the north portal of Chartres cathedral, “man’s supreme spiritual achievement in stone and mortar, the last word in his effort to embody in a building his own aspirations and emotions. It is the most perfect part of the most perfect church in the world,” according to the artist. The intensity of Arms’s vision is denoted by the technical brilliance and masterful feel for design, detail, and mood. The complex architecture, embellished with sculpture, is described with precision, yet the print also contrasts textures, patterns, and the play of light and shade. The image is infused with an almost otherworldly luminosity and clarity that evokes the expression of the divine that Arms found in Gothic architecture. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES