I am thoroughly enjoying your videos on the churches of Rome and ancient Rome. Although I have visited these buildings often, it's amazing how much more I am learning from watching your videos. Thank you for your inspiration! I will share these videos with friends and family planning to visit Rome! Grazie!!!
Omg. Thanks for the video. I always remember this beautiful basilique because the Pope celebrate the Ash Wednesday Mass here. A gorgeous roman station in Lent season. 💜💜💜💜💜
The space is beautifully and softly lit indeed.. 😍 I loved that view (around 4:22), it must be stunning in person. I look forward to hearing about those Baroque chapels. That playlist will be such a treat.
I've never heard of or seen this church before. Its proximity in time to that of Christianity becoming the official religion of the Empire makes it especially interesting.
a playlist titled churches/basilicas/cathedrals/architecture would gather all these amazing videos. thank you for these videos!!! just discovered and already watched 5... looking for more!
I missed this the last time in Rome. A must for our next exploration . Have you ever been to Basilica Di Santa Maria Trastevere . It is full of colonnades from the baths of Caracalla. Well worth a visit.
Corinthian columns,as used in this building,are one of my favorite styles of architecture -does anyone know which pagan building these columns come from?
The Corinthian order is the last developed of the three principal classical orders og ancient Greek and Roman architecture. The earlier ones are called the Ionic and the Doric orders.
You have to wonder, given the nature of the design, if there was some kind of 're-enactment' in the rituals from Christ's teachings in the early church. There's room for a certain level of theatrics that goes beyond the rites we see today at church. I look at that space, imagine it full of people, and then see the priest with others around them acting out scenes rather than just standing there, preaching. The major difference between the old pagan cult spaces and the Christian Church (which may have been it's appeal in the early AD's), was that it was a space for people to gather, and not veneration of a cultic object.
Constantine was a superstitious brute. Julian, Antoninus Pius , Nerva, Marcus Aurelius, Diocletian and many others were infinitely better people than Constantine I’m afraid.
I believe santa sabina was trussed, having seen older photos before the restoration. Its bizarre that a flat roof would be inserted when the intention was to emphasise the church's antiquity.
It is still trussed though the trusswork is no longer exposed. Here is a nice summation of the many transformations of the church, www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2019/12/the-basilica-of-santa-sabina-origins.html
