Astonishing new church in Russia

WDTPRS ^ | February 13, 2016 | Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

[NYer]

Put the tabernacle behind the altar and I’m happy!

And a crucifix.

[Hieronymus]

Is the bottom one in Jefferson City Missiouri? I can’t imagine that monstrosity being built twice, but I probably lack imagination.

[annalex]

I purposely chose churches I did not recognize not to have a bias.

I don’t know.

To your point, nothing is more annoyingly repetitive than a search for originality. For example, all of modern art is hinged on the originality of the artist and consequently they all look the same.

[Hieronymus]

I’m not so sure that it is that they all look the same, but they all lack much meaning beyond “I’m inventing my own artistic language which no one will actually understand because it isn’t following the canons on how to be understood within the medium.”

Though in the end, you are basically right. If you’ve seen one ink blot, you’ve seen them all, even though technically each one is a little different.