Our Architecture is Not Just Physical:
On Félix Rodrigo Mora’s History of Romanesque Architecture
Carlos Perona Calvete
January 1, 2022
It is a mistake to assume that concrete rural scenes like those in the small Romanesque parishes Mr. Mora rightly celebrates, lead to appreciating life whereas, contrastingly, Gothic abstraction leads to a sort of world-weary sickness. This judgement assumes only two realities, body and mind, and pits these against each other.
