Part two of our enquiry--or trek--across the country, plus a few notes on the decay of what once used to be "culture"
WOW - just stunning.
Regarding the communistic digital erasure of churches, I wrote an article about 'year zero' in Cambodia where they dismantled a cathedral stone-by-stone. (Another Anglo-American overseas adventure, as it turns out). https://vicparkpetition.substack.com/p/year-zero-australias-digital-censorship
Wow, that's something I didn't know--but I can't say I'm surprised at all about this.
You probably know that Nagasaki was home to the largest Catholic church in Japan prior to August 1945, do you?
Yes - you know, I was just looking at all the Catholic saints and martyrs in Japan.
Look at this awesome man, Justo Takayama: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justo_Takayama
His painting is next-level.
For me very exotic and ornate, thank you
Oh, it's both 'conventionally' European plus some ornamental additions. And: you're welcome!
Oh, materials commonly used in the 16th-18th centuries, e.g., various stones, wood, etc, but it's thoroughly European(ised), albeit on quite a scale and with many wondrous additions.
WOW - just stunning.
Regarding the communistic digital erasure of churches, I wrote an article about 'year zero' in Cambodia where they dismantled a cathedral stone-by-stone. (Another Anglo-American overseas adventure, as it turns out). https://vicparkpetition.substack.com/p/year-zero-australias-digital-censorship
Wow, that's something I didn't know--but I can't say I'm surprised at all about this.
You probably know that Nagasaki was home to the largest Catholic church in Japan prior to August 1945, do you?
Yes - you know, I was just looking at all the Catholic saints and martyrs in Japan.
Look at this awesome man, Justo Takayama: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justo_Takayama
His painting is next-level.
For me very exotic and ornate, thank you
Oh, it's both 'conventionally' European plus some ornamental additions. And: you're welcome!
Oh, materials commonly used in the 16th-18th centuries, e.g., various stones, wood, etc, but it's thoroughly European(ised), albeit on quite a scale and with many wondrous additions.