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beggin’ brothers: mystery at the altar

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Dave

“My monastery descends from the heavens, touching the earth only where it must.” – Le Corbusier. A sacred melancholy. An esthetic hardness at the expense of spirituality. Not much glory here. Little aura of radiance that emanates from god, no … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged alvar aalto, church architecture, corbusier la tourette, couturier church, couturier tourette, famous Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, iannis xenakis, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, religious architecture | Leave a comment

HADRIAN & THE NAUGHTY BITS

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Dave

”The bust is classically Roman, the face imperious. But this is no ordinary emperor. Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus was not only a peacemaker who pulled his soldiers out of modern-day Iraq. He was also the first leader of Rome to … Continue reading →