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To: Berlin_Freeper

It’s the 20th century dreck surrounding it that got to me. It clashes with Mary.


273 posted on 02/11/2013 8:14:25 AM PST by married21
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To: married21
I am sure other oddballs agree with you.
It’s the 20th century dreck surrounding it that got to me. It clashes with Mary.
Pontifical Roman Seminary (Pontificio Seminario Romano Maggiore) - founded in 1565; located at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome
282 posted on 02/11/2013 8:26:38 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (If you want to ring the bell - you got to swing the hammer hard!)
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It’s the 20th century dreck surrounding it that got to me. It clashes with Mary.

My eye likes the background around Mary, but not the lower background to the Crucifix. However, I think I understand what the architect / artist was going for: The universe is peaceful and beautiful, but Christ's death on the cross for our sins was a radical, disruptive event.

397 posted on 02/11/2013 1:50:46 PM PST by Yossarian ("All the charm of Nixon. All the competency of Carter." - SF Chronicle comment post on Obama)
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