[Magdalen] Fire at Notre Dame de Paris.

[Scott Knitter]

Or everything is turned sideways, so will always be a visual battle between
gothic proportions and perpendicularity and the more modern attempt at
intimacy or just newness. Gothic churches also point upward...the sheer
height, the woodwork pointing up, Norte Dame's tall processional torches
and crucifix, the organ pipes up there, etc. It irks me to see a gothic
church modernized in a way that comes off as "a bunch of stuff at floor
level"...music stands, microphones, drum set, little stools, tiny tables
with cloths and potted plants...the ceiling may as well be at 12 feet from
the floor. The building wants us to look up, so let's look up!

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 9:20 AM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> I'm sure there will be strong preference for duplicating the old church as
> accuratelyas possible.  Thus, I can't imagine modernizing the design in any
> way.  They may choosemore modern materials where it does not change the
> design.
> Change in design/style can produce some bizarre outcomes.  There is the
> Episcopal Churchin nearby Danville, PA  that burned down to the walls in
> the 1940's, and though the exteriorremained largely untouched, the interior
> was replaced in an art deco style.  Thus, uponentering what you assume will
> be a gothic style interior, one gets this very out of placeart deco.
>
> David Strang.
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> In a message dated 4/15/2019 11:35:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
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> but one can imagine
> rebuilding in some form.
>
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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA