Praxiteles
Forum Replies Created
- AuthorPosts
- May 22, 2009 at 2:02 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772771
Praxiteles
ParticipantAn 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.
May 21, 2009 at 8:58 am in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772770Praxiteles
ParticipantThose flag poles stuck on to the tympana are ridiculous.
May 20, 2009 at 9:13 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772767Praxiteles
ParticipantAnd 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.
May 19, 2009 at 10:41 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772766Praxiteles
ParticipantSome further pictures of the restoration work being conducted atthe Oxford Oratory Church:




May 18, 2009 at 10:51 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772765Praxiteles
ParticipantAnd a Romanesque Madonna surrounded by the four Evangelists:
May 18, 2009 at 10:49 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772764Praxiteles
ParticipantAnd then there are also some Byzantine fragments scattered about:
May 18, 2009 at 10:26 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772763Praxiteles
ParticipantSt Matthew the Evangelist, Book of Durrow, late 7th century
Again from the Book of Durrow (c. 675) St Mark

The Stowe Missal
May 18, 2009 at 10:20 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772762Praxiteles
ParticipantSome further details: corbels showing motives that occur in Book of Durrow etc.
May 18, 2009 at 10:17 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772761Praxiteles
ParticipantThe 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:
May 18, 2009 at 5:04 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772760Praxiteles
ParticipantSant’ 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.
May 18, 2009 at 4:38 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772759Praxiteles
ParticipantSant’ 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 interiorMay 18, 2009 at 4:31 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772758Praxiteles
ParticipantThe 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.May 14, 2009 at 11:00 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772757Praxiteles
ParticipantOn the monastery of Guadalupe, Caceres, Extremadura, Spain:
May 14, 2009 at 10:58 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772756Praxiteles
ParticipantThe image of Our Lady of Guadalupe:
May 14, 2009 at 10:56 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772755Praxiteles
ParticipantFrancesco de Zurbaran, portrait of the Sacristan of Guadalupe, Fra Gonzalo de Illescas (1639)
May 14, 2009 at 10:54 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772754Praxiteles
ParticipantFrancesco de Zurbaran, The Tepmtation of Fra Diego de Orgaz
May 14, 2009 at 10:52 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772753Praxiteles
ParticipantFrancesco de Zurbaran, The Charity of Fra Martin de Viscaya in the sacristy of Guadalupe
May 14, 2009 at 10:50 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772752Praxiteles
ParticipantThe Real Monasterio de Santa Maria Vergin de Guadalupe
May 14, 2009 at 10:48 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772751Praxiteles
ParticipantThe real Monasterio de Santa Maria Virgen de Gudalupe
May 14, 2009 at 10:46 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #772750Praxiteles
ParticipantThe Monasterio de Guadalupe:

- AuthorPosts
