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February 25, 2008
The world's ugliest pulpit?
This pulpit at the front of the cathedral in Pisa may be the worst piece of 20th century religious art I've ever seen - and I've seen some doozies! Mind you, it's all marble. To make matters worse, it's within yards of one of the lovelier pulpits, by Giovanni Pisano from around 1300. I do not think this is a kneejerk medievalist reaction in favor of the Gothic (in fact, I don't much like late Gothic Italian sculpture), but look at those horrible shapes in the new pulpit! And the colors? What were they thinking? Oh, well - it looks like it will be easy to remove, someday.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at February 25, 2008 4:18 PM
Comments
Oh gosh! I think I once recall someone saying that when Italian taste fails, it does so spectacularly.
.....I have a version without a flash in which the color is even more horrid, but the focus was off. Spectacular this is! --MCT
Posted by: Zadok the Roman at February 25, 2008 6:14 PM
If Vacation Bible School had marble in the crafts room, they'd have come up with something close to that.
Posted by: 1050 lb. at February 25, 2008 9:23 PM