Tuesday, December 29, 2009
A Grotesque Geometry of Love
In her book, 'The Geometry of Love,' Margaret Visser takes one church, Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura (i.e. St. Agnes outside the Wall) in Rome, and tells us what it means.
In reviewing it, Joe Woodward of The Calgary Herald (Saturday October 28, 2000) said: "Visser was prompted to write a book on the meanings of church adornments by a visit to a tiny Spanish church. A local guide was showing a Japanese tourist the building, commenting on its various features.
Meanwhile, the foreigner was staring aghast – 'as well he might' – at a horrific, life-size carving, painted in brilliant reds and blacks, of a bleeding, tortured man, nailed to two pieces of wood. Yet, when he wordlessly gestured toward this grotesque artwork, the guide simply smiled and mentioned the date it was carved."
In reviewing it, Joe Woodward of The Calgary Herald (Saturday October 28, 2000) said: "Visser was prompted to write a book on the meanings of church adornments by a visit to a tiny Spanish church. A local guide was showing a Japanese tourist the building, commenting on its various features.
Meanwhile, the foreigner was staring aghast – 'as well he might' – at a horrific, life-size carving, painted in brilliant reds and blacks, of a bleeding, tortured man, nailed to two pieces of wood. Yet, when he wordlessly gestured toward this grotesque artwork, the guide simply smiled and mentioned the date it was carved."
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