Dennis Aubrey of Via Lucis Photography
Dennis Aubrey’s Via Lucis photographic reflection on the different between Gothic and Romanesque architecture opens the Infinite Interior I needed this morning.
If you, too, are looking for light in the midst of darkness of whatever sort, this is for you. If you read nothing else, scroll down to the last paragraph and ponder our own infinite interior.
Dennis Aubrey, PJ McKey and Via Lucis are Views from the Edge‘s favorite companions on the way.
Gordon C. Stewart, Chaska, MN, Dec. 21, 2017
The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth. ― Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Reverie
Basilique Saint Austremoine, Issoire (Puy-de-Dôme) Photo by PJ McKey
There is a conceptual difference between Gothic and Romanesque churches and cathedrals. While the Romanesque builders paved the way for the Gothic, there is a deep and wide chasm between the two worlds. It starts on the outside – Gothic cathedrals make you want to sit on a bench and admire the exterior. One enters later and experiences the wonders of the soaring internal architecture.
The exterior of Romanesque church architecture is different, much simpler. It is dominated by three features – the clocher, west front, and the chevet. The clocher (or belltower), like the contemporary church steeple, identifies the structure from the distance as a church.
Église Saint-Révérien, Saint-Révérien (Nièvre) Photo by PJ…
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As always, very educational. We spent two weeks in Nothern Germany and the many Kirchen were very interesting and a great history lesson.
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Jim, Dennis sees those churches through very different eyes. He is a terrific existential theologian who doesn’t know that’s what he is.
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