tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post111155705913324501..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: VierzehnheiligenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-22563229337009525052016-08-18T23:34:52.710-04:002016-08-18T23:34:52.710-04:00I'm fine w/ the vision and piety. But not part...I'm fine w/ the vision and piety. But not particularly a fan of Rococo. For someone w/ Byzantine tastes, it just doesn't feel very spiritual to me. But interesting, nonetheless.JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-21384764744535166652016-08-18T21:17:24.891-04:002016-08-18T21:17:24.891-04:00I am glad to see yu are traveling again. Wish I c...I am glad to see yu are traveling again. Wish I could be a mouse on your travels!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-19080897310241257762016-08-11T11:23:04.564-04:002016-08-11T11:23:04.564-04:00'The one emotion that comes through in all Roc...'The one emotion that comes through in all Rococo pilgrimage churches, and especially this one, is joy. The Rococo is a pleasure style, and in these churches the delight of this style expresses a kind of spiritual happiness.'<br /><br />..and I love it. When, in 1984, hitch-hiking down to Firenze I vistited one of those Bavarian 'pilgrimage churches...Rococo for the peasants'; there was a service going, and I sat there in a pew with my head in my neck taking in the ceiling - a perspective which led the eye to way above the actual church roof. IL GESÚ at the Danube! I was noticed by a fortyish lady who invited me to go see some more churches. I gladly accepted, and her small VW took us around. I think she really just wanted to keep me in Bavaria ( I still was young and dastardly handsome in those days -SMILY),but I was en route to Italy so....<br /><br /><br /><br />n <br />Gerrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04910180248036790177noreply@blogger.com