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I have drawn a blank in researching this memorial other than to learn that there was a fishing tragedy at Kirtomy on the north coast of Scotland in 1910.
EDIT: The arrow seems to have disappeared from the map, but Kirtomy is right at the top of the mainland!
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Really? I'll be more careful in future. I trust this link to the Notre Dame model is clean:
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At least this is not gonna burn. Or a sign of things to come...
Metallbausatz Notre Dame Paris - Miniatur Wunderland Onlineshop
Metallbausatz Notre Dame Paris - Miniatur Wunderland Onlineshop
When I googled 'metal building set', I got this!
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Seems like the MacKay are a quite unlucky bunch!
Or is it that with your clan system, that everyone in that region is named MacKay?
Yes, that's basically how the Scottish clan system worked.
Many clansmen, although not related to the clan chief, took the chief's surname as their own to show solidarity, or to obtain basic protection or for much needed sustenance.
I guess my goose is cooked!
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Dunno if anyone else has something along the lines of "Better to have one fowl in your hands than two on the roof".
Maybe a suitable re-interpretation could be: "Better to have your goose cooked than a flock of wild haggii in your chimney"
Maybe a suitable re-interpretation could be: "Better to have your goose cooked than a flock of wild haggii in your chimney"
Back on topic: interesting pair of columns in The Daily Telegraph on the restauration of ND.
Simon Thurley, past president of English Heritage, arguing (naturally) it should be restored exactly as it was before. His argument is that such a monument is like a benchmark in the development of cultures and society and thus must not be changed in any way.
Stephen Barley of the London Design Museum argues exactly the opposite. He points out that there is not 'a' ND but that the building is a palimpsest and that the whole idea of 'the original' is nonsense. A cathedral has a beginning but is never finished, it will always morph during the ages as parts are added, changed, modified, driven by technical possibilities as well as ambition and vision.
France would do well by continuing this tradition using today's technology and vision of its people to extend the grandeur of ND into the 21st century.
Naturally, I am with Barley ;-)
As Mahler said: 'tradition is fanning the flames, not worshiping the ashes' (no pun intended).
Jan
Simon Thurley, past president of English Heritage, arguing (naturally) it should be restored exactly as it was before. His argument is that such a monument is like a benchmark in the development of cultures and society and thus must not be changed in any way.
Stephen Barley of the London Design Museum argues exactly the opposite. He points out that there is not 'a' ND but that the building is a palimpsest and that the whole idea of 'the original' is nonsense. A cathedral has a beginning but is never finished, it will always morph during the ages as parts are added, changed, modified, driven by technical possibilities as well as ambition and vision.
France would do well by continuing this tradition using today's technology and vision of its people to extend the grandeur of ND into the 21st century.
Naturally, I am with Barley ;-)
As Mahler said: 'tradition is fanning the flames, not worshiping the ashes' (no pun intended).
Jan
It would be a really hard job to reconstruct a puzzle that contains parts from a span of 800 years or so...
I would say to reconstruct it exactly like it was is completely unrealistic.
Better to have some references to the old, and use similar proper materials, like wood and stone, but make it something completely new.
Have a sort of museum part, where the new and the old is compared in pictures and text.
I would say to reconstruct it exactly like it was is completely unrealistic.
Better to have some references to the old, and use similar proper materials, like wood and stone, but make it something completely new.
Have a sort of museum part, where the new and the old is compared in pictures and text.
What I am pleading for is a bold and contemporary construction as a next step of documenting our culture. Not 'as if', not 'just repair with modern materials', not stagnant and as if we have no vision, not trying to mimic 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th century views and technology, no, go further, make a bold statement while keeping the historical record. 200 years on, they must look upon ND as a record that not just stopped at the beginning of the 21st century.
Remember: a cathedral has a beginning, but is never finished!
Look at Santiago Calatravas' work - that's 21st century!
Jan
Remember: a cathedral has a beginning, but is never finished!
Look at Santiago Calatravas' work - that's 21st century!
Jan
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