[Magdalen] Fire at Notre Dame de Paris.

[Jay Weigel]

St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Knoxville was gutted after the Pascha
service several years ago. It was reproduced pretty much down to the last
detail although I think the baptismal font may be somewhat different.

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 10:56 AM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 4/15/2019 11:35:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > but one can imagine
> > rebuilding in some form.
> >
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>