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Mark C. N. Sullivan is an editor at a Massachusetts university. He is married and the father of three children. Email
Wednesday, February 19, 2003 The artistic relevance of high altars
Altarpiece of Coronation of the Virgin, 1499, Basilica, Szepeskáptalan, Hungary
A faithful correspondent of progressive liturgical bent has commented to the effect that high altars are irrelevant.
I, of course, could not disagree more. Just look at the masterpieces of devotional art at this site on Hungarian winged altarpieces. Or browse the results of a search there for altar images, any of which may be sent as a postcard.
Or see this image from the Catholic Encyclopedia and this and this from a UC-Santa Cruz archive of the Certosa di Pavia in Italy.
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