Artworks at the Cathedral

The windows, which project dazzling colours over the Resurrection Chapel when hit by sunlight, utilised collage for the initial design. This was in line with Paolozzi’s background as an originator of the Pop Art Movement. Elements of Pop Art, as well as Modernism, can be seen in the use of vertical and horizontal lines which lead the eye up towards the Heavens; lines were said by Mondrian to be imbued with a significant energy that aids the viewers spiritual journey of vision.

This painting displays rich, colourful symbolism associated with the fire prophet, Elijah. Painted in and gifted to the cathedral in 1976, the artist utilised both the Edinburgh skies and the deserts of Judea as inspiration. By its references to Old Testament prophecies, the artist’s aim was to bridge understanding between people of the Christian and Jewish faiths, in the hope that future relations between different facets of religion could be harmonious.