Notre Dame cathedral

[jackinnj]

Analog_sa,


But well you're right,we can make everything today, why not gargoyles with water falls from their mouth ? Could be prevent from futur fires?
YES!

Stone masons of the 13c had a sense of humor. You dont need a pair of binoculars to spot the gargoyle grabbing his cheeks, or the one with a enlarged...

Who thought of putting a donkey with harp on the west portal of Chartres?

 

[Pano]

@Pano : 19th century spire is not really 19th aesthetic; it was more an interpretaion of what Gothic was

True, True. It didn't look out of place to 21st century eyes. How was it perceived in the mid 19th century?

The Palace of Westminster in London is in a similar Gothic revival style from the same decade, I think.

 

[Cal Weldon]

OT:
A pyramid has 5 points
A truncated pyramid or frustum has 8

 

[chrisb]

But when anchored to a plane - or even fancy - surface, how many are “pointing” up/out?

 

[scottjoplin]

Exactly my point

 

[Evenharmonics]

Montparnasse tower is for example an ugly tower than waste the Paris skyline.
Their Big Bibiothec made by an ancient president is so so...
Bastille area in Paris with the new Opera is ugly as well...
This is ugly not because it's modern (many towers in the world are beautifull), it's ugly just because the drawings were chosed by people without good tastes.
And it's not because one clame Art is an alive thing you can do always such mistakes.

I agree that Tour Montparnasse is not pretty. It neither fits in nor enhances the skyline. The Opera Bastille is not pretty either (I worked there briefly). Too cold and it doesn't fit it with its surroundings. At the time of construction of the new opera, a friend and architect told me that large modern projects are chosen by scale model. What looks good on a model? Cool colors, bold straight lines, not too much fine detail. All the things that make a real building seem cold and isolated.

I guess you guys don't know what real ugly is because neither of you mentioned Pompidou Center when talking about ugly buildings in Paris.

 

[Cal Weldon]

how many are “pointing” up/out?

I fail to see your point.

 

[scottjoplin]

Have you taken your eye out on the only real point?

 

[Cal Weldon]

Dealing with you frustums is upwardly pointless.

 

[scottjoplin]

Are you having problems remaining focused on the point at hand?

 

[tapestryofsound]

What looks good on a model? Cool colors, bold straight lines, not too much fine detail. All the things that make a real building seem cold and isolated.

Unless a much bigger model is made, it is pointless trying to sympathetically visualise any building.

 

[diyiggy]

Let's DIY

I guess you guys don't know what real ugly is because neither of you mentioned Pompidou Center when talking about ugly buildings in Paris.

I did above, for sure it's not a sucess ! Yet another president mistake!

I vote for the donkey with harp for the west portal on the raimbow light made by the rose windows.

For all the gargoyles ; waterfalls from their mouth a la Game of Thrones
+ on the main portail: one saint made with the Papa's face + a Scoubidoo on the top of the arrow instead the ****... well, the french bird!
+ a truncated pyramid inside But with geraniums at the points.


----where is the international concour web page????


Edit: forgott the Virgin MegaStore in the nef...

 

[DPH]

I fail to see your point.

This angle of thinking is rather obtuse and not orthogonal to the square-based way of dealing with things.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Time to shape up methinks.

 

[chrisb]

Now y’all are just being silly.

 

[Pano]

I guess you guys don't know what real ugly is because neither of you mentioned Pompidou Center when talking about ugly buildings in Paris.

The Inside Out building. Unapologeticlly modern and so ugly that I love it. Certainly popular. I spent a lot of time visiting and working there, so I grew to love it. It in no way blends in, but does sort of make its own space. Also something of a pleasure to work in.

 

[Bonsai]

Nah, no Starbucks & fast foods down there...

I was there in January.

And Swarovski, and a whole lot of curio shops etc etc.

The MacDonalds is HUGE

 

[Wavebourn]

Wow!
This Is Colossus: The Firefighting Robot That Helped Save Notre Dame

 

[Evenharmonics]

Wow!
This Is Colossus: The Firefighting Robot That Helped Save Notre Dame

Colossus? I was expecting to see this.

 

[jackinnj]

my error, the donkey is on the south side of Chartres! "the a** of Boethius" -- from "The Consolation of Philosophy" -- the dull donkey enjoying the music of the lyre.