Oslo Cathedral
Baroque-era cathedral beneath a vast egg-tempera ceiling mural and stained glass by Emanuel Vigeland.
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This guide to Oslo Cathedral looks straight up, at the vast painted ceiling Hugo Lous Mohr spent well over a decade covering from a platform above the nave. It follows the painter, his unusual paint, and the lean years of the Second World War, and asks a surprisingly slippery question about when the work actually began. Best heard standing in the middle of the nave with your head tilted back.
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