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Face to Face With the Grand Summa By Michael S. Rose |
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The façades of the great churches of Christendom have been approached with great care by the architects of every age.
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Drawing near to the church building, standing perhaps in the piazza or near the fountain of the arcade-studded atrium, one comes face-to-face with the façade, that is, the front exterior.
Often the most memorable part of the building, it may incorporate a bell tower or other towers, statuary, sculptural reliefs, frescoes, stained glass windows and of course the main entrance doors to the church.
This front entrance is the "face" that the church presents to the world. It is often times the only part of the building that people will see, and thus it is the façade that has the greatest opportunity to evangelize, teach and catechize. This is accomplished most obviously through the incorporation of exterior artwork...
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