Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 8 Dec 2023
I observe how they tied the past into the warp and weft of the present - a material act of not letting go; a way to preserve the thread of history, as if the world might unravel if they didn’t.
I observe how they tied the past into the warp and weft of the present - a material act of not letting go; a way to preserve the thread of history, as if the world might unravel if they didn’t.
With the passage of time, what struck me most about these celestial renderings was the feeling of intimacy that emerged - a felt sense of presence, or maybe, even a glimpse of heaven on earth.
Masterpieces of Medieval Open Timber Roofs: Raphael Brandon and J. Arthur Brandon, Dover Publications 2005. Original - David Bogue, London 1849