Incredible church being built

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In a word… Awesome!

Thanks for sharing this, Penny.
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I’m going to Rome and Barcelona for vacation soon. I want to see this Basilica. I’m a traditional artist (painter) and I normally am not very fond of most modern art or architecture. But this really is inspiring. He really did capture the feeling of a forest in the interior. You even get the dappled light effect that happens in a forest. Amazing.

One thing I notice in the pictures though, and I’m wondering about: are there any paintings in there? I see a lot of architecture and sculpture, but no paintings?

Has anyone who’s been there noticed if there are paintings or not?
 
Absolutely fascinating, jaw dropping, mind blowing, awe inspiring…yet these words are insufficient.

I would LOVE to go see this church!!!

Debbie
 
One more thought,

I know some think this architecture as modern at first glance, and because it doesn’t follow architecture of the older European churches done in the times of the Renaissance, or like the Cathedral of Notre Dame…ect. When I see the design/architecture of this incredible expression of a house of God, the description “otherworldly” is what comes to my mind. It’s the vestibule of heaven.

Debbie
 
Wow… Indoor flying buttresses?

Wow…

My God… no, really, My God be given glory.
 
TheRealJuliane said:
🤷 I don’t know, I think it’s kind of over the top…well, OK, REALLY over the top…
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I agree in this case Gaudi was a touch gaudy. If churches of this type were more common, I don’t think I’d care for it it. But because it is so unique and visionary, I like it a lot.

I do wish the article had included more facts and less fawning.
 
PennyinCanada said:
From: spiritdaily.com/Godsarchitect.htm
The first photo will make your jaw drop.

Every once in a while, Heaven reaches down to touch the earth.

That was clearly the case with architect Antoni Gaudi and his designs for a towering church – now a basilica – called Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain.

It has been described by journalists (including 60 Minutes) as one of the most extraordinary architectural feats in history.

Gaudi, who died in 1926, was a genius who sought, with the huge, astonishing structure, to glorify God.

So sophisticated were the designs that only now, with the most modern technology, can they seek to complete this basilica that has been been under construction for 128 years.

They called him “God’s architect.” His designs were as advanced as they were complicated. He saw space in a wholly different way, one that caused space to explode. It is said that there is the sensation, as one heads toward the altar and peers upward at branched, stone columns, of a forest – which is where he believed men were closest to the Lord.

It was Gaudi’s way of atoning to God for the sins of modern mankind, said a biographer.

Pope Benedict traveled to Spain to consecrate it as a basilica in 2010; it was the first Mass ever celebrated there, alive with an 800-member choir.
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Thank you & God bless you 👍

Pax 🙂
 
Well at least the intent was good, but I wonder if in it’s magnificence, it might be drawing attention away from authentic worship? We are slaves to our senses but I would hope in this case, our senses would point the way to the transcendent.
 
Tigg said:
Well at least the intent was good, but I wonder if in it’s magnificence, it might be drawing attention away from authentic worship? We are slaves to our senses but I would hope in this case, our senses would point the way to the transcendent.
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And what in your view is “authentic worship”?
 
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