A marvelously abundant, even overstuffed installation by artist and composer Charlemagne Palestine ... like finger-painted stained glass for a secular Chartres Cathedral. For good measure ...

and its Marc Chagall stained-glass windows. The church is built on the remains of a convent that was founded in the ninth century by Emperor Ludwig, Charlemagne's grandson. Along with its far ...

Charlemagne knelt in St. Peter’s Basilica ... became the final resting place for nearly every French monarch, its stained glass casting light over centuries of royal burials.