Talk:Cruciform

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For a September 2004 deletion debate over this page see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Cruciform

I removed the section about Washington DC for the following reasons:

  1. Dubious factuality.
    1. No evidence is submitted to suggest that the city plan was meant to resemble a crucifix.
    2. Given the cardinal direction layout of Washington, this is very possibly a coincidence.
    3. it's not even perfectly symetrical.
    4. Two parts of the alleged crucifix were constructed almost 100 years after other parts.
    5. The roman didn't even pierce Jesus in the heart!
  2. The supposed crucifix of Washington DC isn't even "non-religious."
  3. It was a poor way to demonstrate an architectural concept that has non-arbitrary meaning.
Cool Hand Luke 08:04, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Cruciform music

It is mentioned that Bach often used cruciform melodies. It would be worth mentioning that he also used it in large music forms, most noteworthy in the Credo section of his B minor mass, where even the "crucifixus" movement is in the center. It is also used in his motet Jesu meine Freunde. (Aria against aria, chorus against chorus etc.) Apus 14:22, 26 October 2006 (UTC) (updated Apus 14:06, 15 November 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Cruciforms in Hyperion

Dan Simmons' Hyperion series has parasitic cruciforms. Should this be included in the article? --Khokkanen 03:13, 22 September 2007 (UTC)