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On the other hand, it is an oddly grandiose conclusion to an appealingly modest book.
What began in a.d. 830 as the Doges’ chapel for the remains of the evangelist Mark, the republic’s patron saint, was rebuilt in the 11th century as a grandiose Byzantine-Oriental basilica influenced by the Hagia Sofia in Constantinople.
The Dardennes are peerless at staging and shooting rituals, such as Rosetta's day selling waffles and beer from a truck: taking an order, plucking a waffle from the iron, grabbing a beer from the shelf, counting money, making change, saying thank you, taking another order … It's easy to dismiss films that make grandiose statements about how people ought to live but never convincingly portray how they do.
Before any grandiose plans could be implemented, China’s fledgling rulers had to rebuild society and a crippled economy.
Kyoto’s Gion Festival (17–24 July) is the most elaborate procession of the year, with its grandiose floats and glowing lanterns.