Creation
Portes de la cathédrale de Nîmes
Nîmes, 2017
An architectural highlight, a contemporary artistic gesture, a precious object, an urban signal: the new monumental glass doors of Nîmes Cathedral are all these things at the same time.
This achievement marks the desire to ensure that this building, which will soon be a thousand years old, is also in tune with our times.
Each dot is engraved in the glass by hand and treated with gold leaf. The cloud of dots, all different, evokes the people of God converging on the heavenly Jerusalem. The ideal city is represented here by a central golden sphere with biblical symbols engraved in the metal.
Photos credit : Sergio Grazia
Technique
40 mm laminated glass engraved and treated with gold leaf.
Architect
ACMH, Pascal Prunet
Creation and realisation
Atelier Barrois
Client
City of Nîmes (France)
