Monday 31 December 2007

Another Rome - Monselice







In 1606 Pope Paul V sanctioned a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of the Seven Churches in Monselice as carrying the equivalent plenary indulgences of a pilgrimage to the seven Roman basilicas. The design of this analogous interpretation of Rome situated on a hillside in the Veneto plain was entrusted to Vincenzo Scamozzi, and consists of frescoed chapels and a final theatrical sanctuary where elaborately clothed skeletons act the roles of assorted saints and martyrs.

Saturday 29 December 2007

City of the Dead






The Etruscan necropolis of Crocifisso del Tufo, outside Orvieto (c. 500 B.C.) has parallel streets and doorways to the individually identified family tombs. The urban arrangement which is apparent to the visitor is only the most obvious layer of a domesticity of death which would have been supplemented by heraldic symbols on the roofs and the occupation of the houses by sculpted ranks of reclining dead. Although the only means by which to interpret death is through representations and transformations of life, the creations of streets of houses with doorways in a continuous urban wall suggests the significance of common civic values in all areas of existence.

from URBAN ETHIC link in the sidebar

Saturday 15 December 2007

Friday 14 December 2007

Tuesday 11 December 2007

Saturday 8 December 2007

Immaculate Conception


Linked from the site http://www.catholicpreston.com
Comment "In my opinion this is the loveliest of all the Christmas music. Beautifully sung and performed here!"
Linked from the Brazilian site http://www.psa-as.com.br/

Monday 3 December 2007

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