Tag: Church

The Pillar-Biter

The Pillar-Biter (1509-1517), seen on the lower part of the choir screen of St. Bavo Church, Haarlem, the Netherlands.

A common motif in late medieval and early modern Northern European art is the “pillar-biter.” Usually, the pillar-biter is depicted as a man who clings to a column while biting into it, but there are also representations of men and women who embrace or kiss columns. In the iconographic literature, the motif is usually linked to religious hypocrisy and the dissimulation of piety.

[Image found here, caption here.]


[Update: Another pillar-biter from the same church, found here.]

Heavy Church

“Located in Borgloon, Belgium, ‘Reading Between The Lines’ is a nearly transparent steel church designed by Belgian architect studio Gijs Van Vaerenbergh. The 10-meter high structure consists of 100 evenly spaced steel layers stacked in the form of a steeple and seems to dissolve into the landscape when viewed at certain angles.”

[Image found here.]

Christmas

Peace On Earth & Good Will Toward Men

 

 

 

 

 

Yet God Still Lives Here.

Abandoned Church

abandoned-church--winter

Abandoned Church 2

Abandoned Desert Church

Abandoned Church 5

[Found here, here, here, here and here.]

The Church of the Half Pipe

Church of the Half Pipe 2

Church of the Half Pipe

Spanish artist Okuda San Miguel (aka Okudart) collaborated with La Iglesia Skate and Red Bull to transform the decrepit interior of the old, abandoned Santa Barbara church in Llanera, Asturias into an awesome skatepark called the Kaos Temple.

[Caption found here. Other images and more to the story found here.]

Easter

Modern Church

[Found here via here. Design by Rem Koolhaas.]