European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse From the burned out gothic ruins above Monument hoi been fashioned i Ltd i. The new Cathedral ii adjacent in iter tint la Crown of Thorn. Job a 24, 1964 hug tapestry of Christ in glory behind the altar weighs a ton. The stars and stripes by John Krueger is London Bureau eve pm Bay is judgment Day for tilt resurrected Coventry Cathedral. The spirited successor to the bowl we out medieval St. Michael s attract queues of critics dully two years after its consecration. For these soul search err. There is no limbo Only agony or extreme emotions Bear out the observation that no Cathedral built in this Century with All its conflicts Over both Art and religion could possibly Failin arouse the prize winning modern design of architect sir Plasil Spence sparked "700 letters 80 per cent of them rude the rest Virv hiphop c. K. Tanlsley has Nolimal la it must of the people who said they did t like the designs when they fir to saw to vein on paper have been converted once they have actually come and seen the had got the idea that it was going to to a great Concrete he added. As Many As 90 per cent of these people when they have actually seen it. Have been completely astonished and changed from being critics to being and ii. C. Williams has estimated that "80 per cent of the people who come to Sec tie Cathedral Are pleased with without exception he continued the Young people the under 30s Are thrilled with older people hate it l a cause is photos by Bob Milnes it in t like the old cathedrals they a Nevi rown. Others admit they Don t under stand it. But believe it to be a food Basil wondered How is it. That advocates of our National architecture consider a contemporary style to be completely wrong when applied to churches when it is Clear that the whole character of our churches in the past has depended on integrity and a sense of adventure from which sprang our native even one of the Cathedral guides Nowa Spence convert admitted to a re Porter that he had been dead set against it at he told How Many a Cople return several times to the Pink Sandstone Structure and finally confess that the Cathedral moves them spiritually in a Way they have never experienced As the most popular with the Public were the brilliantly coloured baptistery window and the screen with the vast tapestry of Christ in glory the major disappoint ment. The la sly. At 74 by .1h feel the largest Ever made was de signed by Graham Sutherland Over a 10-year period. For sheer conscientiousness and lofty Pur miso it is a work of Art unparalleled in our time opined one critic who then pointed out that few people including Sutherland himself regard the Coventry tapestry As an unqualified Suc the one ton tapestry Woven in franc Over 30.000 hours seems pathetically baroque and sadly out of place among its starkly simple yet in Spring. Surroundings. Ii suffers most in comparison with the dynamic Bronze of St. Michael by the bile sir Jacob Epstein and the striking ii Ahri to or raving of hints and Angels by John Mutton in the immense Glass screen at the ii Orch Entrance that links the new Cathedral with the revered gothic ruin of the in. O Erc. In Tho pin Shell under the delimit lower that the Stark Challing in were theme of the 20th Century ii he dral a s inspired by the charred
