Church Architecture
In a recent post there was a discussion on the projected Russian Orthodox church scheduled to be built near the Eiffel Tower. More than ever the question of appropriate and inappropriate architecture for a Christian church is relevant as architects concoct depressing, uninspiring and downright insulting designs for buildings that are supposed to fill us with awe and a sense of transcendence. The following comment on the above structure is from Yves Daoudal:
No, it is not an old factory, it's a new church… It was consecrated yesterday (March 20) by Benedict XVI, because it is in Rome and it is dedicated to Saint Corbinian. (…)
Daoudal however speaks well of the speech by the Pope, who graciously extended his warmest congratulations to those who built the church and to the people who will form its congregation. That was not the moment for criticism. But what do they think when they look at this grim eyesore?
I noticed a trackback at my post on the Russian church. It led to this article at a website called Camera Lucida. Those interested in Russian culture may enjoy reading it.
Labels: Art, Christianity, Culture, Italy
posted by tiberge @ 4:51 AM
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Note to Islamic extremists: If you're going to blow stuff up, at least blow up this monstrosity.
@ crusader88
Anyone, Muslim or otherwise, who hates Christianity would first blow up Saint Peter's, then Saint Mark's, then Notre-Dame, then Chartres, then the Sainte Chapelle, then Saint-Denis,etc... before they touched such an ugly structure as the one in this post. They would destroy the Christian culture which includes the magnificent architecture. They would get no "charge" from destroying ugliness.
There was an interesting discussion on EWTN recently about this, on the show "Faith and Culture". An architecture professor from Notre Dame (the college in America) discussed the "classical renewal" movement that is going on now, as a move away from what he called the "Dark Ages" of the past 50 years. He also said it is difficult to create a church to rival those of the past, because it will take time to relearn what was lost.
This is the architect that was interviewed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K4d0zcpvkU
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