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Cadzao Posted 20 years ago
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Climax
Henry S. Churchill wrote:
"The eye never growe weary, the spirit never flags, as one walks in Perugia or Rothenberg, Salamanca, Salisbury, or Bourges; and this is not because of the architecture alone, but because the plan enhances the architecture, gives it scale and relationship, dramatizes it, and places new values and new accents on it. There was always emphasis, focus, even in the meanest villages dominated by the meanest lords... It was not by accident that as society outgrew the central donjon and replaced it by the central church, that the church took the high place. Great care was taken that nothing should compete with it. The walls and towers of defense, the mansions of the rich, the lesser places of worship, the mass of houses, all were carefully subordinated to the climax."
1. The church took the high place:
-- It was built in a location which is higher than others. (?)
or:
-- It possessed a high position in society (?)
2. What does "climax" mean in the context?
Please help!
Cadzao.
"The eye never growe weary, the spirit never flags, as one walks in Perugia or Rothenberg, Salamanca, Salisbury, or Bourges; and this is not because of the architecture alone, but because the plan enhances the architecture, gives it scale and relationship, dramatizes it, and places new values and new accents on it. There was always emphasis, focus, even in the meanest villages dominated by the meanest lords... It was not by accident that as society outgrew the central donjon and replaced it by the central church, that the church took the high place. Great care was taken that nothing should compete with it. The walls and towers of defense, the mansions of the rich, the lesser places of worship, the mass of houses, all were carefully subordinated to the climax."
1. The church took the high place:
-- It was built in a location which is higher than others. (?)
or:
-- It possessed a high position in society (?)
2. What does "climax" mean in the context?
Please help!
Cadzao.
Top answer
The author is describing a sightseeing stroll through some scenic cities. The church may well be built on an eminence in those places (I have never visited them), but at least he means that the church is the most conspicuous . In the course of a scenic viewing of the city, the church is the climactic view , architecturally and city-plan-wise.
- The author is describing a sightseeing stroll through some scenic cities.
- The church may well be built on an eminence in those places (I have never visited them), but at least he means that the church is the most conspicuous .
- In the course of a scenic viewing of the city, the church is the climactic view , architecturally and city-plan-wise.
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The author is describing a sightseeing stroll through some scenic cities. The church may well be built on an eminence in those places (I have never visited them), but at least he means that the church is the most conspicuous. In the course of a scenic viewing of the city, the church is the climactic view, architecturally and city-plan-wise.
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Thank you, Mister Micawber, for your explaining.
Could you do me a favour and tell me a little bit more about the meaning of "climax" in the context?
Could you do me a favour and tell me a little bit more about the meaning of "climax" in the context?
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climax=the highest point, towards which everything converges (in this context)
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