tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post5628873122862447433..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: Taking the Road of the Solar Wind, 3: the chapel at PenhorsLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-43461012182186225112011-05-20T08:22:36.174+02:002011-05-20T08:22:36.174+02:00The fourth one down is the face of a real person. ...The fourth one down is the face of a real person. This sort of thing always surprises me. I imagined sculptors and painters doing work for churches used generic templates representing unrestrained adoration, grief at the world's sins, anticipation of a better life, etc. Real faces encourage speculation: what did he do for a living? An usurer perhaps. Doesn't look happy (but then usurers are...)Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-80076397651645001592011-05-19T15:19:05.303+02:002011-05-19T15:19:05.303+02:00More wonderful pictures. You do seem to have captu...More wonderful pictures. You do seem to have captured the spirit of the place. I love the light coming throught the window.<br /><br />And the mussels in the previous post.earlybirdhttp://mangetoutetc.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-73648520584604781982011-05-19T13:33:12.499+02:002011-05-19T13:33:12.499+02:00I remember being so surprised by the presence of a...I remember being so surprised by the presence of a single bird in an otherwise-unoccupied English church we visited a quarter century ago. Up until then, most of the churches, chapels, and cathedrals we had seen seemed prepared for us with guides and such. This space felt like a gift, like we surprised God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-18803498967388420202011-05-19T00:01:52.224+02:002011-05-19T00:01:52.224+02:00Very interesting photos. I love medieval painted w...Very interesting photos. I love medieval painted wood sculpture - there's a warmth and humanity about it which you don't often find in more classical marble sculpture (although that's wonderful in its own way). Marble statues in their time (the Ancient World) were painted too, but didn't have the warmth of the wood underneath. There's a lot of medieval wood sculpture in the Czech Republic (at that time they usually couldn't afford marble).Viviennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-37512509121052860242011-05-18T21:13:13.486+02:002011-05-18T21:13:13.486+02:00Thanks all.
Nimble, you're a marvel, I didn&#...Thanks all.<br /><br />Nimble, you're a marvel, I didn't see that at all. Matthew's symbol was a man of course, John's eagle is the most evident. In fact it's already a crop, of a small round window above the door, and the full picture was quite a good view out to the sea, so I may post that later, or add it to this as an afterthought...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-26575529459138601172011-05-18T19:01:56.144+02:002011-05-18T19:01:56.144+02:00Now that I look closer, they're labeled! The f...Now that I look closer, they're labeled! The four evangelists or their animal symbols. Matthieu is the only one whose head looks all the way human.Nimblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16426446791363667887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-30032385045188621582011-05-18T18:07:49.059+02:002011-05-18T18:07:49.059+02:00Those angels look like inverted commas gone a litt...Those angels look like inverted commas gone a little wild. They look as thought they compose a sphere. Are they part of a window?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-21181830831055516422011-05-18T16:50:26.736+02:002011-05-18T16:50:26.736+02:00Lovely space.Lovely space.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-42451434691146402972011-05-18T04:48:32.356+02:002011-05-18T04:48:32.356+02:00Very pleasing, these irregulars, worn by time. Som...Very pleasing, these irregulars, worn by time. Somehow they are better fit for the timeless this way.marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-57627763058580037852011-05-18T01:28:47.934+02:002011-05-18T01:28:47.934+02:00These made my heart catch in my throat, sweet Lucy...These made my heart catch in my throat, sweet Lucy. A swallow? Angels? The mouth slightly off-kilter, as in one thinking deeply of trying not to burst out laughing. Can't ever really be sure.Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-83724615893927648892011-05-17T23:25:08.543+02:002011-05-17T23:25:08.543+02:00simply lovely, I can feel the calm through your ph...simply lovely, I can feel the calm through your photographyLilacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15782125673448880397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-56090858131235755942011-05-17T18:30:00.494+02:002011-05-17T18:30:00.494+02:00Yes, the faint clumsiness keeps the sweetness from...Yes, the faint clumsiness keeps the sweetness from cloying. It has what the arts-and-crafts movement was looking for, and so signally failed to reproduce: that sense that there's no barrier of professionalism, no gloss (in any sense of the word) between the artist and us.<br /><br />Another lovely, lovely post, Lucy.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-43063831550254649472011-05-17T16:53:14.677+02:002011-05-17T16:53:14.677+02:00That cherub is one of the most winning I've se...That cherub is one of the most winning I've seen. The irregularities give it some life. From your photos I can imagine the quiet lofty air in the church.Nimblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16426446791363667887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-65887043796673175522011-05-17T10:22:04.193+02:002011-05-17T10:22:04.193+02:00I love those stained glass angels twirling
WV - ...I love those stained glass angels twirling<br /><br /><br />WV - inatieda (sounds like one of those Jungian terms for some obscure psychological phenomenon)Fire Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518190677399410354noreply@blogger.com