jensen-klint's main work, the grundtvig memorial church northwest of copenhagen, is often named as an example of expressionist architecture. we should always be suspicious of categories in art and the partial blindness they induce, but few categories carry more misunderstandings and nonsense than expressionism. with jensen-klint, I believe the term should be avoided altogether. we are looking at a neo-gothic church. the great change in scale between the church and the surrounding housing has…
