Considering that laughing any longer might attract unnecessary attention, Kraft restrained his expression, took two followers, and walked with Professor Linden to where the statues of the saints stood.
The aperture, a staircase-like stack of arches, wraps the main entrance with a double-wing ring on the lintel. Each layer is covered with carved decorations. It is a kind-faced figure with an oval aperture behind him, and a child-like angel holding a hand.
The musical instruments are surrounded by clouds or floral patterns.
Visitors need to climb the wide stairs, look up to the door, and enter the church under the watchful eyes of the knights with helmets and wings.
The movements of the two professors were a little uncoordinated. As someone who had never said a single good word about the church in the past year, I still felt a little guilty when I stepped into Heavenly Father's most important earthly residence in North.
The knights of the church not only symbolize the dispensable security significance, but also the territory that legally belongs to the Heavenly Father on earth, a theoretical country within a country.
Linden subconsciously lifted up his collar, brought it up to the tip of his nose and smelled it. After confirming that he was wearing ordinary clothes and that there was no peculiar smell, he confidently crossed the dividing line between the divine and the secular.
The natural skylight is replaced by a filtered and more brilliant illumination. The copper framed lead wire is the base, and countless stained glass picture windows divide the light, casting a rainbow that shatters and scatters into a confusing and complicated landscape, occupying the entire high wall.
On a huge scale, the scene described in the scriptures is composed.
It was the entire holy scripture brought to the visual field. The saints and disciples were illuminated by the light, occupying the vision of the visitors in the open and unobstructed high and distant hall.
The load-bearing capacity of the wall was replaced by beam columns, which are giant columns integrated with fine stone columns like bouquets. The gravity of the grand vault is like water flowing into the channel, and is directed along the attached columns to the sub-columns of the arcade. They form clusters.
The ribs spread out from the top of the cluster column, like tree branches spreading apart.
The ingenious mechanical design liberates this building, making it solid and spectacular while being light and ethereal, leaving room that is unimaginable to be filled with, and a nearly infinite extension of the majestic atmosphere in the senses, raising the space to a certain level that is enough to stand on its own.
Maintain the high and majestic silence.
At the far end of this space, a holy symbol in a rose window spreads its wings, sitting on the throne of heaven carried by a slender lancet window.
"Incredible." Kraft murmured. This is not a project that can be completed by simply stacking materials. It requires a considerable level of mathematics and construction skills, plus a large amount of continuous financial investment, and may take hundreds of years to complete.
This shows that it started at the beginning of the Kingdom or even earlier, and the decision-makers at that time already had the appropriate technology and the extraordinary determination to bring it to reality.
He imagined that if he completely belonged to this era, it might not be an incomprehensible act to bow before a creation with such a combination of power and aesthetics and recognize it as a great work that existed outside of human beings.
"So no matter what, I still recommend anyone who comes to Dunling for the first time to come and take a look." Linden lowered his voice with a hint of helplessness. No matter how much he hates the church, the objective facts are undeniable.
"Northern University was the first place to set up geometry-related majors, and it was also the first to form a specialized society. Early support came from the archbishop at the time. They improved part of the construction of the church and played a major role."
"Most of the decorations here come from painters and sculptors supported by the church. Those people account for almost half of the art courses. It is not an exaggeration to say that Dunling University is a church university."
"Indeed." Kraft admired the murals on the wall gallery and walked along the side of the long hall. "To some extent, most of North's colleges owe their existence to the church. Regardless of their original intention to build these colleges.
Anyway, the result is good."
The level of the church painter is really good. The contents of the murals are connected together in chronological order, and different scenes are separated by columns. The leader is shown to wake up the chosen ones who are herding the sheep, and the scattered sheep on the hillside are gathered together in the next scene.
Qi turned to follow the shepherd, which was full of implications.
"I admit this, but it is already a hindrance." Linden looked around to make sure that no one would hear his complaint. "I don't like to use a 'lord' to explain things. It seems that people don't care about the completion of the work."
All great deeds seem meaningless."
The chosen one in the mural drew a one-handed sword, surrounded by people in religious robes. He probably refers to the saying that the first kings were guided to draw the sword and establish the kingdom. This undoubtedly consolidated the sanctity of royal rule.
The disadvantage of sex is that the name of the Father can be above the world and can interfere with the academy in the hands of the Duke.
The "destined" sword reappeared repeatedly in the subsequent scenes. The artist more realistically demonstrated the light slashing action with one hand, but in effect it was like cutting through the enemy's armor, and the long wings of a scale-covered beast were revealed.
neck.
It can only be said that people really can't imagine things they haven't seen before. The movements that were originally very realistic have become like fighting with tofu in this excessive expression method, especially the cuts are ridiculously smooth, resulting in no texture.
"They even think that the forearm has only one bone." Linden pointed out the errors in the war scenes disdainfully. The cross-section of a person whose arm was cut off during the battle was no different from a cross-sectioned chicken leg. "Before knowing the structure of the human body,
, it is impossible to truly and accurately portray a person.”
"Forget it, Professor Linden, this is still in the church." Seeing that the other party was unconsciously taking this as an anatomy class, Kraft quickly stopped Linden and pulled him inside.
They quickly walked past a series of murals, then rounded the corner and entered the horizontal part of the cross-shaped hall.
The light was obviously dimmed in the long axis part, and a large number of trivial solid decorations replaced the stained glass windows occupying the wall. The dim lighting suddenly returned to the feeling of the interior of an ordinary stone building, with only the high windows casting dusty light.
The materials built into the frame are, at first glance, raw materials that are neither stone nor wood. They have not been polished, and their simplicity contrasts sharply with the previous magnificence.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! They are separated by cabinet-like partitions and are distinguished by their shapes and sizes. They are piled up as simply as a child putting together pebbles, and they are gray and white in old color. The larger ones have holes.
, focus on the main body of the figure, and form an approximate wing ring pattern.
Craft approached in confusion, and came to the high wall made of gray and white fragments, rising from the ground to under the dome, and discerned the identity of the material.
【skeleton】
"Is this...?" He instinctively took a half step back and looked behind him. Coop reflexively touched his empty waist, his lips trembled, and he didn't know how to describe this shock and solemnity.
The scenes do not need to be carefully arranged. The material itself can make people shake their minds.
Yin Feng held down the hem of her skirt and saw Kraft turning his head, relaxing as if it didn't matter.
"Legacy of Plague and War."
Although he had been here more than once, Linden still sounded a bit sad, "The top floor was from more than ten years ago."
Only then did Kraft notice that there were slight differences in the age and discoloration of these bones, which came from different eras. In the lowest part, which is at the same height as the human body, the jaw surface of the skull that forms the lower arc of the ring has become brittle and cracked.
, and the top layer also has stains.
"Of course, there are much more plagues. There are few wars that are not accompanied by plagues. Those on the second and third floors were probably fifty or sixty years ago." Linden gestured with a large span, "After that time, Dunling University
The medical school has greatly expanded, and academic achievements have been fruitful during the same period."
"The church houses and receives prayers here. It seems that there are many people, but there may not be anything underground. People who have not experienced it can hardly imagine it, and they will not understand why some people are academically paranoid or radical."
He spoke quickly, as if he was explaining something, or referring to someone, but Kraft was not sure whether it included someone he knew.
The few people did not stay in front of those uncomfortable walls for too long and continued to go deeper into the church. Fortunately, Rivers University’s Oak Leaf Seal had no distinction between colleges, allowing them to successfully rely on their status as professors regardless of their majors.
After getting the gate post, I was able to enter an area that is generally not open to the public.
As for browsing after blending in, it was even easier. With a little money and the guarantee of not moving around, the bell ringer simply let the door open and only told them not to stay up there for too long.
Stepping on the stairs that Edward and the previous bell ringer had climbed decades ago, the readers of the manuscript climbed up this special bell tower with a subtle mood.
The room on the roof has long been unoccupied and the furnishings have been cleared away. Outside the window, the broad Temu River flows under the bell tower. Half of the city can be seen in full view. The white stone vault of the medical school in the distance on the opposite bank stands among many buildings.
Opposite to the main entrance of Notre Dame Cathedral, a natural island in the middle of the river divides the water on both sides. You can see a smaller church-like building and a sculpture of a knight standing in front of it.
"That's the Knight's Island Church over there. The last time it was opened was for the royal wedding, so we can only see it from a distance." Linden dutifully assumed the responsibility of today's tour guide.
It’s made of King Si’s true appearance.”
The distance is not far, but the statue is not big either. It is difficult to distinguish the movements, let alone see the true appearance of the legendary figure. Only the king who is wearing a crown can be vaguely seen holding the reins in one hand, and raising the other hand as if to call his followers.
, also like grasping something.
Yin Feng lay down on the window edge and looked at it for a while, then quickly gave up because he couldn't see clearly.
"Do you want to take a closer look?" Kraft asked. If she is curious, she can rent a small boat and go sightseeing close to the island if time permits.
The girl shook her head, indicating that she was not very interested in the portrait of a dead person. It was essentially the same as the one embedded in the wall below.
"Speaking of which, Dunling is quite big, and it's cleaner than I thought." The river breeze on the clock tower was very comfortable, without the unpleasant smell caused by poor drainage in most cities. Kraft said without saying anything.
topic.
What can be expected is that if there is no progress at the college, this will be their normal life.
"Perhaps it's because the sewers are spacious? I heard that this system was earlier than the city of Dunling was built today. It is a very large project, or it is not a complete sewer. It also includes an underground cemetery that has no room to accommodate it. Are you interested in taking a look?
?”
"No, no." Kraft quickly refused. He was not afraid of bones, but that didn't mean that he just liked to visit the bones. "Is there nothing else to do?"
"Uh..." Linden fell into thinking. There are still some places to visit in Dunling, but after experiencing the Notre Dame Cathedral, they are hardly amazing, and continuing to visit would be too unprofessional.
After turning over and over again to eliminate everything I could think of, an idea that had been forgotten before came to mind.
"How about we go and express our condolences to Morrison's family?"