THE FRENCH "BLACK VIRGIN" / castle & chateaux super-realism

+LOU KAHN+

>was a very great architect and poet in his approach<

>to designing buildings that touched heart and soul<

>(google his great oeuvre on the world wide web)<

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+ANCIENT CASTLES+

>were very important to him as they are to me<

>and i believe he would be a great admiror of<

+CISTERCIAN ARCHITECTURE+

>of saint bernard's knights templar concepts<

>that are so vital to radiant architecture<

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+TONIGHT WE REVEAL THE+

>religeous surrealist persona<

>(see my photo image #9)<

+SACRED "BLACK VIRGIN"+

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>each of us is a result of our blood alchemy<
+DNA COMMUNICATES+
+SILENTLY w/ HUMANS+
>and genetic memory compels our vision<
>which in france was very "super-realist"<
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 >if one studies this church designed by saint<
+CISTERCIAN CONCEPTS+
+AS "EARLY MODERN"+
>bernard we find modern design beginnings<
>w/ the emphasis on a super-realist vision<
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>this is "cluny" an early cistercian monastery<
>from which st. bernard's brother designed<
+ABOUT 1157 THE BIRTH+
+OF deGRUY CHATEAU+
>many monasteries and churches all over<
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 >when the degruy chateau magny fouchard<
>was built in the orient forest in the 12th c<
+TRADE ROUTES LED+
+TO ORIENT FOREST+
>france was a group of separate provinces<
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>merovingian gold coin of the 7th century<
+COINS AT THE BIRTH+
+OF EARLY FRANCE+
>used for degruy ancestor king dagobert<

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 >we travel to southern italy where this castle<
+LARGE=STRONG=SIMPLE+
+TOWERS OF DEL MONTE+
>reflects knights templar vision of st bernard<
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>the crown of the vergy-gruy linked hungarians<
+RADIANT GOLD CROWNS=+
+HALOS=(EGYPT to SAINTS)+
>played a large role in the holy roman empire<
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>ancient anjony castle in the auvergne built<
>by a companion to king rene d'anjou and<
+JOAN de ARC ENROUTE+
+TO SAVE OLD FRANCE+

>with links to orient forest verloin degruy<

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>this ancient chateau features much fantastic art<

>including this black virgin mary and aubusson<

+THIS RADIANT PLACE+

+IS A LOCUS OF MAGIC+

>and flanders tapestries amazingly all intact<
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>scholarship is important in the ancient castles<
>plus they are excellent mise-en-scene for an<
+BLACK VIRGIN WAS+
+VITAL IN FRANCE+
>artist like picasso or balthus to envision the<
>magical images that enlighten the world<
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>"le defend" the chateau of the rochejaquelein<
>connects to the degruy via a polignac family<
+FRENCH SCHOLARS OF+
+A FANTASTIC VISION+
>history in paris and the troyes orient forest<
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>super-reality was a rich part of life in the<
>ancient french chateaux and in the mid-<
>nineties i had the opportunity via the<
+FRENCH SURREALISTS+
+& THE BLACK VIRGIN+
>famed violinist michele morgand to<
>meet several french art visionaries<
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+THIS EXPERIENCE WAS ESSENCE+
>to my creative artistic oeuvre and<
+LIFE FUELED w/ FRENCH VISION+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu