Westminster Abbeyjust got a young stained glass window whose coloured depiction of a country way of life contrasts starkly with the surround Gothic computer architecture . AsThe Guardianreports , famed 81 - year - one-time British pop artist David Hockney outline the prospect of unfold hawthorn on his iPad , then a 10 - someone team from Barley Studio in York , England put in the varnished looking glass and brought his vision to lifespan . The window , which replaced a section of " mostly blank " field glass , is over 27 feet tall and nearly 11.5 fundament wide .
It is called the Queen ’s Window , having been commissioned to celebrate the reign ofQueen Elizabeth II . As for Her Majesty , no word yet on whether or not she likes it . " The Queen very often does n’t give you a very solid chemical reaction , " John Hall , the Dean of Westminster , toldThe Guardian . But Hall praised the newest addition to the church for having " an awe-inspiring smartness and clarity " and being a celebration of something the Queen has long loved : the countryside .
" It is wonderful to have something which is utterly contemporary from one of the superlative artists of the Queen ’s reign , " Hall said .
It was certainly a bold selection , and as with much pop art , not everyone love the end result . Dr. James Alexander Cameron , a free-lance art and architectural historiographer who runs the blogStained Glass Attitudes , write on Twitter , " I mean it depends on the calibre of the actual glass but I opine David Hockney might have topped Hugh Easton for ' worst window in Westminster Abbey . ' "
Easton , the late artist Cameron is referring to , produce six varnished glass window for Westminster Abbey . One windowpane , dedicated in 1947 , pays protection to soldiers who fought in the Battle of Britain seven year prior . Two others , in a plane section calledCheyneygates , depict a wreath of roses and famed ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn .
This marks the first time in Hockney ’s about 60 - year life history that one his artworks has been rendered on stained glass . He ’s considered one of the most influential British artists of the preceding century , and , according toThe New York Times , if a scheduled Christie ’s auction sale next month of one of his 1972 work sells for its $ 80 million estimate , he ’ll become the world ’s most expensive living artist .
[ h / tThe Guardian ]
