Ethereal and stunning! I admit to be drawn to cloisters and church architecture. Wherever I go and travel I try to visit such local sites incredible symmetry and grace and of course craftsmanship. In anticipation for your sketches…
Incredible pictures. When you think of the money that was spent by the Catholic church on all their buildings, each one a work of art. I’m sure the poor and hungry appreciated the beauty as they begged for bread Lol
Really, they are beautiful. It’s those cloisters that amaze me.
In old movies you see public announcements and notices hung on the billboard in the town square and I’ve always wondered how accurate it is.
As to the money spent, remember we're talking a pre-industrial economy, which means that taxes cannot increase well above approx. a third of a peasant's annual income (because the second third is what he and his family eat and the third third of the harvest is used to grow next year's crop). Western 'citizens' are paying more in taxes, technically speaking.
As to cloisters per se, well, 'they' look like this, and there's nothing like it in the US (sorry NYC, but The Cloisters aren't the same, even though someone brought them there from Europe).
The ones in Zwettl--and elsewhere--are still quite like 'back then', although they put up electric light here and there.
Beautiful; never to be outdone in today's architecture.
That is obvious, isn't it?
Remember, all these 'old' structures were multi-generational efforts.
Ethereal and stunning! I admit to be drawn to cloisters and church architecture. Wherever I go and travel I try to visit such local sites incredible symmetry and grace and of course craftsmanship. In anticipation for your sketches…
Incredible pictures. When you think of the money that was spent by the Catholic church on all their buildings, each one a work of art. I’m sure the poor and hungry appreciated the beauty as they begged for bread Lol
Really, they are beautiful. It’s those cloisters that amaze me.
In old movies you see public announcements and notices hung on the billboard in the town square and I’ve always wondered how accurate it is.
I'm glad you like them.
As to the money spent, remember we're talking a pre-industrial economy, which means that taxes cannot increase well above approx. a third of a peasant's annual income (because the second third is what he and his family eat and the third third of the harvest is used to grow next year's crop). Western 'citizens' are paying more in taxes, technically speaking.
As to cloisters per se, well, 'they' look like this, and there's nothing like it in the US (sorry NYC, but The Cloisters aren't the same, even though someone brought them there from Europe).
The ones in Zwettl--and elsewhere--are still quite like 'back then', although they put up electric light here and there.
Yes, there’s nothing that can compare to European architecture