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Friday, December 16, 2022

GIVE ME THE NOBLE SIMPLICITY OF THE PRE-VATICAN II (1959) LOOK OF THIS BARN OF A CHURCH BUILDING

 It seems to me to have been a colossal waste of time, money and resources to do too much to enhance this barn of a church building. The 1959 version respects the barn nature of this building and doesn’t try to make it something it isn’t. 

Altar Retablo or Main Altar of St. Michael's Parish Church, Tangub City Philippines 1959, 2002 and 2022

1959:

2002 version:

2022 version:



2 comments:

TJM said...

I agree the first photo displays a noble simplicity in keeping with the structure. The middle photo shows blah clutter and the third photo shows a sanctuary, although beautiful, out of sync with the structure. To make the third sanctuary in sync they would need to enhance the rest of the structure

ByzRus said...

I prefer the first. The second is just a jumble as TJM mentioned. The third is beautiful, but, the lighting is overdone to my eye. I like this style, however, it just seems plunked down there.