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Related: About this forumSince it's Sunday - I'll show you a church
Asam Church MunichIf by chance you get carried away by the opulence of baroque church interiors, please take a look at this one.
A small church in the heart of Munich. Once you see the photos you may want to read a bit in the link.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asam_Church,_Munich
The entrance to the church is next to this facade. I could not believe it housed the jewel you are about to see. I missed taking a photo of the entire structure. I suspect this means I have to go back to handle this oversight.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Hav
(5,969 posts)With the glowing yellow window and the architecture, it could have just as well be from another species on another planet.
Voltaire2
(13,159 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)The church is a glorious example of the baroque. It almost looks rococo to me.........but who cares what you call it?
So beautiful, so heavenly!
Thank you for sharing.
Glamrock
(11,802 posts)But the cynic in me can't help but ask how many could have been fed with the money spent to build this. I know I know. I can't help it.
On the other hand, I love it. Make up you're mind, brain!
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)if I look at it as just a beautiful piece of art, I can overlook that is it called a "church".
Glamrock
(11,802 posts)Down cynic, down. That's a good boy.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)Mira
(22,380 posts)I'm showing it as a work of art. I am also appalled when I think of the opulence, the squeezing of the poor to pay for it, and how much help is needed but not given. Then, and now.
OldEurope
(1,273 posts)The Asam family payed it, not a monarch or cleric. It was a sort of masterpiece to show every potential customer what the Asam brothers could achieve.
Also, since the middle ages churches were deliberately payed for by townspeople. They wanted to show that they were rich and powerful, too, not only the monarchs or the clergy. How many churches in the USA were built just by the community? We had this in Europe, too. These churches were called "Bürgerkirche" or, church of the citizens.
Here some examples:
From Würzburg
https://www.wuerzburg.de/en/visitors/must-sees/22691.Churches-Marienkapelle-and-Neumuenster.html
From Lübeck
http://www.luebeck.de/tourismus/sightseeing/sehenswuerdigkeiten/kirchen/marienkirche.html
From Augsburg
https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/augsburg/St-Peter-Die-Buergerkirche-auf-dem-Huegel-id42408106.html
Mira
(22,380 posts)to be aware of what you are telling us. I was just a hair under 20, and left Augsburg, my home town, with a heavy heart. I know St. Peter - the Bürgerkirche you are referencing - quite well.
It was a 5 Min walk from my house.
I must go study now and learn.Thanks for your comments.
OldEurope
(1,273 posts)I started studying history of art in Munich when I was 19. So I got some edge over you...
Ask anything, I'll try to answer. At least in bad English.
Mira
(22,380 posts)before I make any more unsophisticated remarks based on emotion rather than real knowledge. Thank you. Where are you now? pm me if you want me to know
OldEurope
(1,273 posts)mountain grammy
(26,650 posts)but my mind works the same way and I can't help it either.
Glorfindel
(9,734 posts)Thank you, Mira.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Wonderful photos.
rickford66
(5,528 posts)are you talking about the size of the photos? If yes, it's the size we use in general, also for our contests. If not, please explain. I'm an amateur.
rickford66
(5,528 posts)Just a suggestion.
Mira
(22,380 posts)And I apologize for it sincerely.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)Professional digital photographer since 1999, pro photog since 1990. She just needs to resize it in PS to 2M or less. That works for most formats.
Mira, I don't know your level of expertise, but if you need help PM me.
mnhtnbb
(31,404 posts)Love your last shot with the skeleton about to cut that thread of life.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)It also has ceiling frescoes by Asam.
I came from a Protestant tradition who's church structures/ornamentation tended toward the Puritan. When I first went inside the Mariahilfberg church I was absolutely in awe.