Via Lucis images have been licensed by scholarly, art, architectural, and religious publications, but this month we have a first. The French magazine Science & Avenir (Science and Future) has licensed an image of the black madonna of Le Puy for the cover and an interior full-page. A science publication is probably among the last […]
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne is about 50 kilometers west of Périgueux, the prefecture of the Department of the Dordogne, and lies just over the border into the Charente. The town is small and extremely picturesque, built on a hill above the Dronne River. It is one of those completely charming French towns that even in October had plenty […]
PJ and I wish you all the happiest of New Years. We are so moved to have such a response to our work at Via Lucis and to have the participation of so many interesting, educated, and thoughtful people in our quest for beauty and meaning in our beloved Romanesque and Gothic churches.
The Department of Yonne in Burgundy is one of our favorite places in France and very fertile for our photographic explorations. It is home to the Basilique Sainte Madeleine in Vézelay, the Cathédrale Saint-Étienne in Auxerre, the Collégliale Saint Lazare in Avallon and also the Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens. Today, Sens is a fairly quiet […]
When I was thirteen years old, the family lived in the small Poitevin town of Chauvigny, a town with a hill crowned by several chateaux and the wonderful Collégiale Saint Pierre. My brother David and I climbed all over that hill and explored every inch of the medieval town. We heard about a building where […]
Those who know us well at Via Lucis know our deep affection and regard for Dom Angelico Surchamp, the founder and creator of the Editions Zodiaque – 200 volumes of photography and text on the Romanesque churches of Europe. We have written on the Editions Zodiaque ourselves, and last year we published an article after […]
They seek splendor; who would touch them must stun them; The nerve that is dying needs thunder to rouse it. William Everson, San Joaquin (1939) About 12 years ago I was part of a Los Angeles venture capital funding event called “Herring on Hollywood”, where Red Herring Magazine featured a number of companies that would […]
ANTONY: Blood and destruction shall be so in use And dreadful objects so familiar That mothers shall but smile when they behold Their infants quarter’d with the hands of war; All pity choked with custom of fell deeds: And Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in […]
There has been so much damage to the Romanesque monuments in the Saintonge region of France – the Hundred Years War was brutal, and then the wars of religion and the French Revolution continued the devastation – that it is difficult to find a church that has not been substantially rebuilt in the area. One […]
“Stillness crieth out that something Great is nigh.” We seek connections every day, among our family, our friends, our colleagues, and sometimes even complete strangers. We seek connection with each other, and with life itself. We are surrounded with the tools of connection more now than ever before. The web, email, cell phones, texting, Twitter, […]
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