reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches
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On the monastery of Guadalupe, Caceres, Extremadura, Spain:
The 9th. century Abbatial Church of Sant’ Antimo at Castel Nuovo dell’Abate, near Montalcino in Southern Tuscany.
1. View from the North East
2. Portal
3. Lental with stylized vine-stock and branches
4. The remains of the Cloister
5. Nave from the exterior.Sant’ Antimo
1. Tower from the west
2. South aisle
3. North aisle
4. Davidic lions which would originally have supported a portico outside the main door.
5. West wall with gallery from interiorSant’ Antimo
The apse of the Carolengian Sacristy (the oldest extant part of the present complex) the interior of which has the remains of a fresco cycle of the life of St. Benedict.
The Abbatial Church of Sant’ Antimo at Castel Nuovo dell’Abate: some interesting Romanesque details which will be familiar to anyone who has seen any of the insular codexes, e.g. The Book of Kells:
St Matthew the Evangelist, Book of Durrow, late 7th century
Again from the Book of Durrow (c. 675) St Mark
The Stowe Missal
And here we have a glimpse of the remarkable medieval city of Bagnoreggio which continues to disappear over the cliff. The house of St. Bonaventure has long gone but the Franciscan Monsatery still clings on for dear life.
Not quite in the same league, but still an interesting piece of craft in it’s own right is this ‘graining’ being done to the doors of James’s Street Church today. At least I think ‘graining’ is the right word, it’s a two stage painting process done in imitation of wood and I haven’t seen it in a good while.
There’s a touch of the H-blocks about it, but the finished article does look quite good. I wonder if they intend to go back over the elaborate hinges now in imitation of cast iron!
@gunter wrote:
There’s a touch of the H-blocks about it, but the finished article does look quite good. I wonder if they intend to go back over the elaborate hinges now in imitation of cast iron!
Good one Gunter 😀
Hinges re-do would help the look and tone it down a bit.An interesting carry-over from the Romanesque is to be seen here on the north wall of the nave of Orvieto Cathedral. The butresses are disguised as Romanesque apses which serve internally as nave chapels.
Orvieto Cathedral is also an important centre for early Italian stained glass. Unfortunately, no all of the original glass survives and in some places has been replaced (not too successfully) by translucent stone. Here we see some shots of the chancel wndow and of the west Rose WIndow.
Some interesting art-critical comments (not all shared by praxiteles) from Brian Sewell:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7824368847023388682
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