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.
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.
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.
I deeply appreciate the mystical quality of Romanesque architecture and iconographic style. It emphasizes the reality of the invisible world and emphasizes the spiritual dimension placing it superior to the material. We have lost that acculturation mechanism. With naturalism, we remain solidly grounded in terra firma instead of constantly being transported to the celestial realm.
Having come to the realization of the presence of the Heavenly intersecting every facet of reality, especially during Mass, I find it terribly difficult to worship in an ugly church, too often the norm in modern Catholicism.
It is my opinion that many modern Catholics have gravitated to the New Age and Eastern Mysticism due to the erasure of the divine mystical experience of worship. Mass has become too protestantized and sterilized by attempting to make it congruent with “science “ and utilitarianism.
I think the revival of a Christian mystical tradition will draw those who are hungry for encounter back to the fullness of the faith. People are spiritually starving, they just don’t know what to fill their souls with. Too many are on the spiritual junk food diet or dying from a severely restricted caloric intake appealing only to the intellect and not to the senses or the heart.
The colors are so brilliant. Hard to believe this is 1300 years old. Amazing
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.
I agree. I love Gothic, but I admit it can be a bit froofroo.
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.
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.
I deeply appreciate the mystical quality of Romanesque architecture and iconographic style. It emphasizes the reality of the invisible world and emphasizes the spiritual dimension placing it superior to the material. We have lost that acculturation mechanism. With naturalism, we remain solidly grounded in terra firma instead of constantly being transported to the celestial realm.
Having come to the realization of the presence of the Heavenly intersecting every facet of reality, especially during Mass, I find it terribly difficult to worship in an ugly church, too often the norm in modern Catholicism.
It is my opinion that many modern Catholics have gravitated to the New Age and Eastern Mysticism due to the erasure of the divine mystical experience of worship. Mass has become too protestantized and sterilized by attempting to make it congruent with “science “ and utilitarianism.
I think the revival of a Christian mystical tradition will draw those who are hungry for encounter back to the fullness of the faith. People are spiritually starving, they just don’t know what to fill their souls with. Too many are on the spiritual junk food diet or dying from a severely restricted caloric intake appealing only to the intellect and not to the senses or the heart.