tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228060262630467486.post1309634080664419549..comments2023-09-07T12:49:12.452+01:00Comments on Porta Caeli: Amiens Cathedral 3Patriciushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08906131174326742939noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228060262630467486.post-46927933697364665192011-08-01T00:02:13.030+01:002011-08-01T00:02:13.030+01:00Shadowlands,
It is a big subject but I think that ...Shadowlands,<br />It is a big subject but I think that all drawings begin in the mind. As to the medieval Cathedral builders- it is clear that they were working within a tradition which had its conventions and longstanding ways of doing things but which was at the same time evolving and developing. In other words it wasn't about individuals attempting to "express themselves" or come up with some novel, unusual or clever idea. In that way it was very different from what even the architects of the Gothic revival like Pugin were attempting. There is, I think, a sense in which they were serving the building where with later architects the building serves the architect's idea. I wouldn't want to push this too far but I think there is a truth in your suggestion, paradoxically, because unlike today's architects no medieval builder would have regarded the church building as "mine".<br />I sympathise with your liking of the coolness. My first experience of Chartres Cathedral was on a hot August day when I was suffering from sunburn acquired a couple of days earlier. For a brief hour I was transported out of a body that seemed to be on fire!Patriciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906131174326742939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228060262630467486.post-62220517015220563782011-07-31T12:13:11.089+01:002011-07-31T12:13:11.089+01:00I am no artist but I do like to visualise things a...I am no artist but I do like to visualise things and sometimes draw with my eyes closed. I have never told anybody that beforehand, but how interesting that these men were literally drawing their dreams, in a sense.<br /><br />It gives 'inspiration' a whole new meaning, perhaps God is in the design of these beautiful places, much more than we realise, I mean in the initial blueprints in men's heads, God be in my head.......and in my church building?<br /><br />Amazing. I love being in Cathedrals in general, they hold something 'other' for me and as a middle aged woman, they are always at the right cool temperature for me (sorry to bring it down to the grumbles of the flesh again!).mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962374096401238994noreply@blogger.com