Dan,
That's a nice photo of an interesting architectual object.
It is interesting that Don mentioned that the golden domes look like
retrofit.
I think the bottoms are in a style that is very different from traditional
Orthodoc Churches (or even of the Uniate churches,- but I know those much
less, so, I might be wrong here). There are a few features that
contributes to that feel.
The first one, is the orange-colored bricks. I don't think I've ever seen
such in any Orthodoc church.
Second, the square-trapezoid features that are just below the domes.
I think those clash with the domes becuase of their proportions.
Overall, everything but the golden domes looks very mcuh as a standard
US North-East building.
As for the bells standing next to a church in Russia, - typically, as you
said, they are historical. But they aren't that frequent. I remember that
at least in one case, the bell either fell shortly after being raised,
or they couldn't raise it at all, so, they placed it on the ground.
Now, as for the photo itself, while I was looking at the photo on my
phone, it seemed a bit weird to me how the (converging) columns looked:
they seemed to be converging in different ways, to the extent
that the photo seemed to be not leveled correctly.
I don't get the same impression on the large computer screen.
I think it is the combination of the perspective convergence,
and the fact that you were not exactly on the center of the building.
The curvature of the ground level is adding to the visual confusion.
Cheers,
Igor
P.S. For comparison, here is how a small modern Orthodocs church
(on Baikal shore, in the village Bolshoe Goloustnoe) looks like:
http://42graphy.org/galleries/2014-08-baikal/b-goloustnoe/_IR29957.html
http://42graphy.org/galleries/2014-08-baikal/b-goloustnoe/_IR29959.html
You can see the difference in the features I mentioned.
On 9/29/2014 12:21 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
The Carpatho-Russian Othodox Church of the Holy Ghost. (My paternal
grandfather was one of the origianal founding members.)
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17867842
Comments are invited.
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