Saint Stephens Church

So this blog thing is going to drive me a little insane..I cant organize these photos the way I want and I cant mess with the design..hopefully I can figure it out..before I throw this computer out the window!!!

Anyways this post is Saint Stephens Church, the most prominent church in Vienna. Every time we go on a walking tour our professor says this should be our beacon of light and if we are lost we should always walk towards the St. Stephens Church because it is in the direct center of Vienna. It is also the tallest building in Vienna as well, which is surprising because it really inst that tall at all, compared to many of the buildings in the US. These photos are just some of what I captured of the Church. I wish I knew more from my architecture class what exactly the structure and design are called..but we havent had all those lessons yet! We are going to be taking an intensive tour of the chapel in two weeks so I will have to update the post with more information.

For now I will just list some of my intial thoughts of the church since this is one of our assignments for the journal we have to keep for our art class...

This church is clearly a Gothic structure that is very deep and dark on the outside as well as inside. The building greatly lacks color, and honestly it is intimidating to go inside and I cant imagine having a religious service in this church. I typically think of a church to have beautiful stain glass and light everywhere to uplift the spirit of the church goers..here I don't feel that uplifting environment at all. The striking thing about this church and most buildings in Vienna are the high arching ceilings, which make it very difficult to take a photo of the entire church at one time! So the thought of this construction so many years ago is quite baffling.

Updates on Saint Stephens to come!