Growing up, i was not a church goer by choice,well i was,i wanted to be in the boys brigade,and part of the deal was that i had to go to church,i did this for about 3 years.
I never much cared for being there,the sermons seemed over long and the hymns too few (I quite liked the hymns) ,so naturally your looking round for some kind of stimulation,luckily religion seems to have made the most of architecture,and i would spend most of my time looking round at the stone work and the elaborate stained glass windows.
This is the church where i spent many a bored sunday morning,so if there is a picture of your church on google or you have one of your own,post it here,it will be interesting to see the different styles from the different religions from around the world.
Last edited by truespeed on Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:02 am; edited 1 time in total
I never much cared for being there,the sermons seemed over long and the hymns too few (I quite liked the hymns) ,so naturally your looking round for some kind of stimulation,luckily religion seems to have made the most of architecture,and i would spend most of my time looking round at the stone work and the elaborate stained glass windows.
This is the church where i spent many a bored sunday morning,so if there is a picture of your church on google or you have one of your own,post it here,it will be interesting to see the different styles from the different religions from around the world.
Last edited by truespeed on Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:02 am; edited 1 time in total
. The topic of the thread would have been the contribution of religion to art, music and architecture, etc. ..... There are really some beautiful churches, and even if not beautiful in architecture, there are churches with very special character, including the graveyards, and archtecture of the gravestones, as well as the messages on them. I was also thinking about Handel and music, and all other musicians that were motivated, and also paid by religion to compose some fantastic church music. Back to architecture, there ae really some special churches in Rome. Barcelona also comes to mind. But I'm sure there has to be many I have not seen or thought about.
the church interior is mostly bone...
