tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post1851939429731730453..comments2024-03-12T04:14:16.271-05:00Comments on The Rad Trad: Modern Church Architecture (1930s edition)The Rad Tradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899289024837953345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-73811939543980910392014-07-05T08:18:21.012-05:002014-07-05T08:18:21.012-05:00La Sagrada Familia is not to my taste, but I do ha...La Sagrada Familia is not to my taste, but I do have something of a liking for the Nativity facade - in contrast to more recent abstract carvings, like the Passion facade, which are depressingly datable to the mid-late 20th century, surely the artistic nadir of Western Civilization.Athelstanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346012062816580296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-58958231727379022832014-07-03T17:10:05.028-05:002014-07-03T17:10:05.028-05:00It has the appeal because it reminds of gothic.
I ...It has the appeal because it reminds of gothic.<br />I would classify that as natural(istic) gothic.Marko Ivančičevićhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04579400863718513875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-24802991902009690032014-07-02T21:43:14.514-05:002014-07-02T21:43:14.514-05:00While its not near as hideous as some of the struc...While its not near as hideous as some of the structures featured on this blog, there's something just... off about it (especially the bottle spires and the inside). <br /><br />Maybe it's that the thing resembles too closely some goofy space city or villainous Fortress of DOOOOOOM. The rocket-like towers don't help.<br /><br />I find the trends in architecture back then, and the reaction from a socialist agnostic/atheist on a purely aesthetic level, quite fascinating.Ecclesial Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070187926547373245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-36463263222175207082014-07-02T15:24:32.997-05:002014-07-02T15:24:32.997-05:00I find the older parts to be rather interesting (e...I find the older parts to be rather interesting (e.g. the Nativity façade), and the interior is quite impressive. It's an acquired taste, but it does follow a traditional church layout, which can't be said of many other modern churches. Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820001463809982324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-57795141855351128652014-07-02T14:21:38.768-05:002014-07-02T14:21:38.768-05:00It has its appeal.It has its appeal.Marco da Vinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092410765851812842noreply@blogger.com