"changing them out would destroy the harmony of the cathedral’s design" The cathedral's design doesn't have any harmony. It was built over centuries, in differ

"changing them out would destroy the harmony of the cathedral’s design" The cathedral's design doesn't have any harmony. It was built over centuries, in different styles. None of the stained glass is ancient; it was all destroyed in the Revolution. They were replaced in the 19th century, along with most of the grotesques. The Parisians have a long tradition of hating new things and then coming to embrace them. But this doesn't sound like that. Reading between the lines, this has little to do with either art or architecture, and more with politics, and character assassination. It would be good to have the traditional row about old versus new. Too bad this isn't it.