They are the charm of our area և as they are often abandoned by believers, small chapels sometimes seem dormant, sitting on the village floor, alone in the plains, stuck on a rock or planted on top of a hill. Witnesses of the distant past that trace the roots of France to the heart of Christianity, the religious buildings of rural areas are the guardians of our landscapes. Undoubtedly, this is why we like to look at them, moreover, pushing the door open in the silence of our inner life. With their modest proportions and humanity of architecture, benevolent intimacy is immediately created there. Mostly Romanesque, at a time when France was surrounded by shrines, chapels have always fascinated artists, often anonymously.
From the 1950s to the 1970s, the big names in art history made it an almost mandatory part. Approach to the blasphemer և among the saintsև, but not without certain…
Source: Le Figaro
