Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20214 minSan Juan de La Pena, Service and MiraclesUp in the remote hills in northern Spain, the monastery of San Juan de la Pena contains the ruins of a tiny cloister, with magnificent...
Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20216 minRome and Barbarians--Ludovisi Battle SarcophagusThe barbarians here are not a journalistic representation of a specific battle, just as the image of the decedent at the center of the...
Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20213 minRemembering the Notre Dame de Paris Interior, Part 1Notre Dame de Paris was engulfed in a terrible fire in 2019. Here, I include some of my photos of the interior, taken in 2018. I don't...
Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20215 minRemembering the Notre Dame de Paris Interior, Part 2This entry continues an analysis of the thirteenth century choir screen of Notre Dame de Paris, with photos taken in 2018, before the...
Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20213 minChartres Cathedral--another temple to Mary the QueenChartres isn't very far from Paris, by modern standards, and its veneration of Mary is an occasion for comparisons to Notre Dame de Paris....