eclectic imaging (redux)
St. Mauritius, Cologne: Portal
Posted by MadScientist (Düsseldorf, Germany) on 15 November 2009 in Art & Design.
The portal of St. Mauritius that we have approached a few days ago. I really would show you more of this church, because this one is an example of a successful modification of an almost completely destroyed church into a modern church both beautiful and interesting. But when we visited it for the first time, we crashed into a wedding (well, sort of :-), amd the second time it was closed. Maybe next time!
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@rem_la: Merci beacoup, rem_la! Très gentil!
@António Pires: This church lost their nave completely. The only remnants were choir and steeple, now both connected through a modern church building.
@Ted: Me not either, I think I will have to study more the challenges of composition. I have some lack of knowledge here and I'm too faint-hearted to cut cut things away yet. :-)
@Antoine: Many thanks, Antoine!
@Tracey: Cheers, Tracey!
@Twelvebit: Pure historicism, though the church was much older.
@olli: Thanks very much, olli!
@akarui: Cheers, Olivier!
@Japanalia: Mauritius itself was a very old church (12th century, if my memory serves correctly), but this tympanum is pure historicism. The transition into a modern church after the almost complete destruction of its nave is something I want to show here, but unfortunately every time it's closed or in use!
@MARIANA: Too much of the portal? Should I have cropped it? What do you think?
@Magda: Thanks a lot!
@MARIANA: Okay! :-)