http://www.flickr.com/photos/67832671@N00/tags/memorialwindow/ Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:01:39 -0700 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:01:39 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3335/buddyicons/67832671@N00.jpg?1240615144#67832671@N00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/67832671@N00/tags/memorialwindow/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/67832671@N00/7100399899/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/67832671@N00/">donsutherland1</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67832671@N00/7100399899/" title="Detail of the Chagall Window"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5444/7100399899_e139cc95b3_m.jpg" width="218" height="240" alt="Detail of the Chagall Window" /></a></p> <p>Following Dag Hammarskjöld's death, the Staff of the United Nations set up a Committee and a Foundation to provide a &quot;living memorial&quot; to the late Secretary-General. The headquarters of the Foundation were established in Stockholm. <br /> <br /> The Committee invited artist Marc Chagall to contribute a piece of his work to the memory of Dag Hammarskjöld and to all those who had lost their lives in the cause of peace. It was decided that the monument would be a free-standing piece of stained glass.<br /> <br /> The memorial, which is about 15 feet wide and 12 feet high, contains several symbols of peace and love, such as the young child in the center being kissed by an angelic face which emerges from a mass of flowers. On the left, below and above, motherhood and the people who are struggling for peace are depicted. Musical symbols in the panel evoke thoughts of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which was a favorite of Mr. Hammarskjold's. <br /> <br /> Source of information: <a href="http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/dag/chagallwindow.htm" rel="nofollow">United Nations</a></p> Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:01:39 -0700 2012-04-07T17:01:39-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (donsutherland1) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7100399899 40.750451 -73.967664 40.750451 -73.967664 28751168 Detail of the Chagall Window <p>Following Dag Hammarskjöld's death, the Staff of the United Nations set up a Committee and a Foundation to provide a &quot;living memorial&quot; to the late Secretary-General. The headquarters of the Foundation were established in Stockholm. <br /> <br /> The Committee invited artist Marc Chagall to contribute a piece of his work to the memory of Dag Hammarskjöld and to all those who had lost their lives in the cause of peace. It was decided that the monument would be a free-standing piece of stained glass.<br /> <br /> The memorial, which is about 15 feet wide and 12 feet high, contains several symbols of peace and love, such as the young child in the center being kissed by an angelic face which emerges from a mass of flowers. On the left, below and above, motherhood and the people who are struggling for peace are depicted. Musical symbols in the panel evoke thoughts of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which was a favorite of Mr. Hammarskjold's. <br /> <br /> Source of information: <a href="http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/dag/chagallwindow.htm" rel="nofollow">United Nations</a></p> donsutherland1 ny newyork stainedglass unitednations soe marcchagall thegalaxy secretariatbuilding daghammarskjöld bej flickraward chagallwindow memorialwindow saariysqualitypictures mygearandme