Ecce Homo, By Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio.

“Ecce Homo”, by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.

The Parish Church of Arronches is a XVI Century temple that started to be built during according to the Portuguese Style (ie, Manueline) and was finished when the Roman Style (ie Renaissance) already dominated the European Architecture.

The plan of the church is 100 pc Manueline - it’s a hallenkirche, a solution that is common in Portuguese temples from this period. The side portal (upper photo) is also Manueline, but the main portal (all the lower photos) is a fine example of the Renaissance style; at first glance, they may look completely different, but, if you look closely, you shall notice that both have semi-circular arches and both are framed by a straight lintel portal - and both sign a rupture with the pointed arches of the Gothic architecture. The big differences between these two styles are in the iconography and the aesthetic language - the structure of Renaissance portals is, indeed, an evolution of the Manueline doors and this is a good evidence of that. Sadly, many art historians are too dumb and too blind to see this.

By way, the sentence in the front portal “Paraíso para sempre, Inferno para sempre” means: “Paradise forever, Inferno forever”.

The Sacrifice. 1911. Leonardo Bistolfi. Italian 1859-1933. marble.  Altare della Patria. Rome.       http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

Giovanni Strazza, “The Veiled Virgin”.

Her little feet in their white satin dancing shoes did their work swiftly, lightly, and independently of herself, while her face beamed with ecstatic happiness. Natásha was like a girl exposed for the first time, who would have felt very much ashamed had she not been assured that this was absolutely necessary. AUDREY HEPBURN in WAR AND PEACE (1956)

Olivia Hussey in Romeo and Juliet | 1968