It's certainly intentional. Before even museums, you local church probably had the highest concentration of man made beauty and opulence of any place you'd visi

It's certainly intentional. Before even museums, you local church probably had the highest concentration of man made beauty and opulence of any place you'd visit in your lifetime. It's a source of awe, and gives hope that if you believe, maybe you can get a little piece of it, if not in this life, then surely the next.