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NOVA: REBUILDING NOTRE DAME Premieres December 14 at 9 PM on WPBSDecember 9, 2022WATERTOWN, NY; December 9, 2022 – In April 2019, the world watched as a devastating fire almost destroyed Paris’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral. NOVA: REBUILDING NOTRE DAME documents the daunting challenges of restoring the historic landmark. The PBS science series NOVA, a production of GBH, will premiere the new one-hour special on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 9 pm on WPBS-TV. The film, which will also be available for streaming anytime online at PBS.org/nova, NOVA on YouTube, and on the PBS video app, highlights the fight to preserve a beloved site of European cultural heritage. It chronicles the efforts of engineers, scientists, and craft professionals working at the intersection of history and technology, as they battle to save one of the continent’s most iconic sites.REBUILDING NOTRE DAME rejoins the team from NOVA’s 2020 film SAVING NOTRE DAME to discover what innovations the restoration crew have implemented as they push towards the 2024 completion date. In a race against the clock, this preservation project showcases the richness of the sites that has made it so iconic. The teams are working to preserve the medieval cathedral for centuries of visitors to know and understand. ...
Notre Dame Cathedral’s New Interior Design UnveiledThe minimalist and modern style of the new liturgical furnishings aims for a ‘noble simplicity,’ but has drawn criticism from art experts and Catholic observers. Solène Tadié June 28, 2023NC RegisterThe Archdiocese of Paris has unveiled plans for the new interior of Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, which was heavily damaged by fire in 2019.While the cathedral is set to reopen Dec. 8, 2024, as initially announced, the Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, has revealed the names of the two candidates chosen to create the new liturgical furnishings — including the altar, tabernacle, cathedra, ambo and baptistery, as well as the chairs for the faithful.This decision, made public on June 23, followed two consultation phases launched last October and January, at the end of which five artists’ projects (out of 69 submissions) were selected by the archdiocese’s artistic committee. The Archbishop of Paris had called on candidates to strive for “noble simplicity” in their artistic expression, asking that “the works presented be respectful of the place, its history, its strong symbolism constituted by the mission it has fulfilled over the centuries” — but also, that they respect “the spirit of the Catholic liturgy, according to the meanings and norms established following the Second Vatican Council.” ...
This is disgusting.The proposed altar:How it was:
