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stainedglassattitudes.wordpress.com | ||
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artandtheblackdeath.wordpress.com
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| | | | | The Gothic churches of the Middle Ages featured elaborate sculpture work and were sanctioned by the pope; the seventh centuryPope Gregory noted that "To adore images is one thing; to teach with their help what should be adored is another. What Scripture is to the educated, images are to the ignorant ... they read in... | |
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medieval-sculpture.com
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| | | | | Cushion capitals (also called cubic capitals) are normally described as capitals formed by the intersection of a cube and a sphere. They have a flat semicircular face, or 'shield', at the top of each side, and the curved triangular lower angles of the bell are all that remain of the spherical form. This kind of... | |
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margaret21.com
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| | | | | Here is a tale of a murder. A murder which led to the building of a very fine church not many miles from here. In 1870, Frederick Vyner, son of the Marquess of Ripon and Lady Mary Vyner, travelled to Greece with a small band of English and Italian friends and servants. They were set... | |
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readingmattersblog.com
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| | | Athena is the final volume in John Banville's Frames trilogy, which comprises The Book of Evidenceand Ghosts. It follows the life and times of murderer Freddie Montgomery, who has now become an art expert charged with authenticating a series of Old Masters that are likely to be fake. | ||
