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I must have missed the message to which this is a response. Anyone interested in Suger's inspiration for Saint-Denis should read the chapter in Chenu's _Nature, Man, and Society in the Twelfth Century_ entitled "The Symbolist Mentality"; also _Artistic Integration in Gothic Buildings_, Raguin, Brush, Draper, eds. MG --- [log in to unmask] wrote: > sorry if this is irrelevant and/or belated: > Erwin Panofsky, "Abbot Sugar of St-Denis", from > _Meaning in the Visual Arts_ on > the influence of Pseudo Dionysius and the > "anagogical approach" of Plotinus and > Proclus. > > "Marvel not at the gold and the expense but at the > craftsmanship of the work. > Bight is the noble work; but, being nobly bright, > the work > Should brighten the minds so that they may travel, > through the true lights, > To the True Light where Christ is the true door > ...... > The dull mind rises to truth, through that which is > material > And, in seeing this light, is resurrected from its > former submersion" > -Abbot of Suger. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/