On a recent trip to Rome, Italy, I was amazed at the number of churches with exterior facades that one might pass right by. This is St. Mary Maggiore, one of the oldest churches in Rome. Some of the exterior statuary actually had dandelions sprouting from them.

Pass through the doors and you enter a completely different world. Simple to ornate... 

Ornate and Simple / May

Playing around with my new iPad, and getting two for the price of one.

Ornate/Simple

Winding Ways quilt (detail) by my friend Heather Hasthorpe.. Both ornate/complex and simple/peaceful.  Note the extremely subtle use of colour..

Ornate and simple -- in the same photo

The Lorenzkirche (St. Lawrence Church) in Nürnberg, Germany, like practically everything else in that city was hard hit by Allied bombs at the end of World War II.  The artwork and anything else movable had been taken from the church years before and placed in bomb-proof storage; it was returned after the building was restored.  Replacement parts, like these altars, were done in stark modern style rather than trying to replicate the Gothic originals.

Here the intricately carved stone pulpit is lidded with a simple modern roof.

Simple/Ornate

 

Images of gateways/arches taken in Vietnam.

Ornate/Simple

Ornate/Simple - and some Admin

The new prompt for April is Ornate/Simple or More/Less, or anything along those lines.

This should be interesting. I think we are often drawn to ornate architecture and other forms of craftmanship because we recognise the work which went into it. But simple...is that so easy to catch the eye?

You can post images of a combination of Ornate/Simple or two photos with an example of each. If you discover quite a few examples you are welcome to post several times. I am looking forward to seeing what you discover.

These photos are of a Victorian Gothic church in Leeds. My Sister-in-Law is the Vicar. I love the difference between the Doorway and the functional little door.

I will set the label to Ornate/Simple.

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