Left:
The Church at Greville
Jean-François Millet
Between 1871 et 1874
Oil on Canvas
28.7 x 23.6 inches
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Right: Évry Cathedral
[more views of the building at linked site]
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The Evry Cathedrale was begun in 1992 and completed in 1995. It was controversial from the start because government funds were used to partially finance the project. The same controversy goes on today over mosques.
It is difficult to know how to have good taste, but some are born with it while others learn by doing, by trial and error and by comparing two things, say two rooms, one mediocre and one with successful decor. I think showing comparisons is very important. Compare Rita Hayworth and Jennifer Lopez, for example. The fabulous Rita, a great dancer, who held her own with Fred Astaire. And the teen-idol Jennifer, whom I would never recognize in the street, because there is so little that is noteworthy. I know we are hard on the young girls today, but unfortunately, they deserve it.
And look at the new Catholic churches built in France - they look more like Soviet prisons, compared to a charming old church somewhere in the countryside.
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By: Tiberge