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Six Year Anniversary of Saint Louis Patina: The Inspiration of Ruins
I realized today, having just taught my Renaissance art class on Monday, that the Renaissance never would have happened if it had not been for the trauma of the collapse of the Roman Empire. There…
Interior, Cathedral, Milan
The interior of Milan Cathedral is probably the darkest place I’ve ever tried to photograph; it is downright cavernous with minimal light. I hope these pictures give you some sense of the experience. Huge paintings…
Cathedral, Milan, Italy
Milan’s cathedral is a glorious pile of stone, a strange mix of the Gothic style, which never moved too terribly further south on such a grand scale, and other more Renaissance style motifs, such as…
A Room With A View, Urbino, Italy
I was in Urbino, Italy, last fall on business and snapped these three pictures out of my hotel window: once in the afternoon, once at dusk, and once the next morning before I left. What…
LaSalle Park, Frenchtown
There’s a strange little pocket of what was once a much larger neighborhood south of downtown, which is nowadays called LaSalle Park, but was part of the larger Frenchtown quarter of the city. Apparently Ralston-Purina…
St. Liborius Angel?
It’s been long said that many of the sculptures from St. Liborius in St. Louis Place ended up at Sacred Heart in Eureka. I had the opportunity to get inside, but I didn’t really see…
Shining Light Full Gospel Tabernacle, Manchester Avenue
This humble little church sits right by Manchester Avenue, surrounded by a car repair and a larger building that casts a glowering shadow on it towards sunset, but I still really like it. The stained…
Concordia Lutheran Church, Maplewood
I always find Modernism in St. Louis to be endlessly inventive; sometimes they’re pure, and other times they take on a fascinatingly eclectic feel, such as Concordia Lutheran Church in Maplewood. Built in 1953, it…
The Moose Church, Maplewood
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