Friday, March 15, 2013
An Eastern Imagination
Fr. Finigan has a photo of the chapel of Domus Sanctae Marthae - maybe the triangular arched ceiling was necessitated by the design of the building (But couldn't it have been altered? Even a neo-gothic ceiling would be better.) The ceiling is quite bare, and the look of concrete reminds me of our modernist monstrosities. The chapel probably is not used regularly, but would it have been difficult to have a different ceiling, with some sort of sacred art on it? Ceiling art or frescoes or icons would probably not work with a triangular arched ceiling - but some icons (or neo-gothic sculptures) could be put on cross beams spanning the chapel. And then there is the "sanctuary" of the chapel... how could that be salvaged, besides my prefer approach of making it more "Eastern"? When this is with what our cardinals and bishops become acquainted, it should be expected that their own personal understanding off a traditional liturgical aesthetic would be woefully underdeveloped.
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