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The colors are so brilliant. Hard to believe this is 1300 years old. Amazing

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I prefer Romanesque architecture to the Gothic. I find the former more masculine. As far as the art goes: because I was a number of years Orthodox, the Romanesque painting style is nicely reminiscent of Eastern iconography. All that said, I appreciate artistic diversity here in Latin Christianity. Sometimes the art and architecture of the East gets (aesthetically) monotonous.

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I agree. I love Gothic, but I admit it can be a bit froofroo.

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This is beautiful and I love the “damp fold” draperies. I’ve been learning quite a bit about symbolism in Byzantine icons and other art from Jonathan Pageau and, rather than being primitive, these pieces are highly sophisticated, speaking volumes through the symbols incorporated into each lovely piece.

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It's a pity that most Romanesque wood sculpture, like the beautiful Thrones of Wisdom, have come down to us defaced and iconoclasted, but also stripped of their paint and colors. It must have been something to see them in their full glory. But these images give one a sense. Thank you for them and for your praise of them.

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