Of course, these are extra-nice, but in the Middle Ages, they were quite…different, and Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose (there's also a quite good movie by that name) provides a vivid image of them.
The movie was filmed at Kloster Eberbach in the Rheingau (strip of land along the Rhine to the West of Wiesbaden, ending in Rüdesheim, which is a tourist magnet), not far from where we live.
I am always amazed at the effect of the colour impression of the photographs / the re-coloured postcards and pictures. It emphasises the antique character.
Maybe the world was different back then? I think we're all a bit spoiled, for lack of a better term, by the ubiquity and presumed "photo-realism" of digital images.
I think the eye as well as the ears had time to deal with the information at that time. That will be the charm of these sources when I look at them today. It is the same mechanism that we love about the natural nature of animals, nothing obscures the view on the essentials
It's not merely the revisions and corrections, but the biggest pain in the proverbial is, as always, the elimination of references to "ADD LATER" or the like (which I add when I'm "in the flow"). Cheers, mate, nonetheless!
Its a beautiful place. That ceiling!
There's so many comparable places in Central Europe, with Klosterneuburg and Murau, as well as Melk Abbey standing out:
https://www.stiftmelk.at/en/library-collections/melk-abbey-library/
Of course, these are extra-nice, but in the Middle Ages, they were quite…different, and Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose (there's also a quite good movie by that name) provides a vivid image of them.
The movie was filmed at Kloster Eberbach in the Rheingau (strip of land along the Rhine to the West of Wiesbaden, ending in Rüdesheim, which is a tourist magnet), not far from where we live.
Thank you. I’ll check it out
I am always amazed at the effect of the colour impression of the photographs / the re-coloured postcards and pictures. It emphasises the antique character.
Maybe the world was different back then? I think we're all a bit spoiled, for lack of a better term, by the ubiquity and presumed "photo-realism" of digital images.
I think the eye as well as the ears had time to deal with the information at that time. That will be the charm of these sources when I look at them today. It is the same mechanism that we love about the natural nature of animals, nothing obscures the view on the essentials
Beautiful place. Hope you have only few revisions and can give yourself a big pat on the back, with a Schnapps, or two!
It's not merely the revisions and corrections, but the biggest pain in the proverbial is, as always, the elimination of references to "ADD LATER" or the like (which I add when I'm "in the flow"). Cheers, mate, nonetheless!
Congratulations on nearing your book draft completion, very exciting.
Oh, it is very exciting, and I'm very much looking forward getting this one off my table to look at the next project!