medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Wednesday, December 19, 2007, at 11:01 am, christopher crockett wrote:
> From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > Does anyone seriously maintain that, as a generality, visible interior
> surfaces in ecclesiastical and in civic buildings in this style were _not_
> painted?
>
>
> seems like a week or so ago someone on this list was maintaining that
> Bareity
> was a possible (and provable) state of being for (at least some) "romanesque"
> buildings.
>
> whether that guy was serious or not i cannot say; but i'll defend to
> the Death
> his Right to be Dead Wrong.
>
Well yes. But how any of that is directly pertinent to your comment on the painting of "gothic" churches eludes me. As you will recall, what you had said was:
> From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > This one has views of frescoes restored in 1994:
> > http://perso.orange.fr/police.daniel/Riboul/Tours.htm
>
>
> so much for gothic buildings not being painted.
Are you now equating "romanesque" with "gothic"?
> then there was the discussion about how extensive the practice of painting
> Faux Ashlar actually was (and the whyforance of it).
Similarly, I had thought that the Faux Ashlar discussion had focussed on *pre-gothic* structures.
> having a Senior Moment, John?
Possibly. But I don't see anything in the foregoing matter to indicate that.
Best,
John Dillon
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