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The Cambridge Guide to the Architecture of Christianity

Author : Richard A. Etlin

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 850 pages

File Size : 16,50 MB

Release : 2021-11-30

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 9781108471510

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Book Description

The Cambridge Guide to the Architecture of Christianity offers a wide-ranging overview of one of the most important genres of Western architecture, from its origins in the Early Christian era to the present day. Including 103 essays, specially commissioned for this volume and written by an international team of scholars, the volume examines a range of themes and issues, including religious building types, siting, regional traditions, ornament, and structure. It also explores how designers and builders responded to the spiritual needs and cult practices of Christianity as they developed and evolved over the centuries. The volume is richly illustrated with 592 halftones and 70 color plates. Additional images, nearly all in color are available online and are keyed into the text. The most comprehensive and up-to date reference work on this topic, The Cambridge Guide to the Architecture of Christianity will serve as a primary reference resource for scholars, practitioners, and students.



Modern Architecture and the Sacred

Author : Ross Anderson

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 262 pages

File Size : 35,33 MB

Release : 2020-11-26

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 1350098728

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This edited volume, Modern Architecture and the Sacred, presents a timely reappraisal of the manifold engagements that modern architecture has had with 'the sacred'. It comprises fourteen individual chapters arranged in three thematic sections – Beginnings and Transformations of the Modern Sacred; Buildings for Modern Worship; and Semi-Sacred Settings in the Cultural Topography of Modernity. The first interprets the intellectual and artistic roots of modern ideas of the sacred in the post-Enlightenment period and tracks the transformation of these in architecture over time. The second studies the ways in which organized religion responded to the challenges of the new modern self-understanding, and then the third investigates the ways that abstract modern notions of the sacred have been embodied in the ersatz sacred contexts of theatres, galleries, memorials and museums. While centring on Western architecture during the decisive period of the first half of the 20th century – a time that takes in the early musings on spirituality by some of the avant-garde in defiance of Sachlichkeit and the machine aesthetic – the volume also considers the many-varied appropriations of sacrality that architects have made up to the present day, and also in social and cultural contexts beyond the West.



The Gothic Revival and American Church Architecture

Author : Phoebe B. Stanton

Publisher : JHU Press

Page : 382 pages

File Size : 39,35 MB

Release : 1997-05-28

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 9780801856228

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This illustrated account of the impact of the English Gothic revival on American church architecture in the mid-nineteenth century finds that this fundamentally conservative movement provided the foundation for a new, influential aesthetic. With meticulous research and carefully chosen illustrations, Phoebe Stanton here explores the influence of the English Gothic revival on American church architecture in the mid-nineteenth century, arguing that this fundamentally conservative movement provided a foundation for a new aesthetic. Examining the writings of the movement's leading proponents as well as a variety of important buildings, Stanton offers a comprehensive survey of the architectural principles and models that became most influential in America. She also confirms the importance of the Cambridge Camden Society, which provided the theoretical atmosphere and practical examples that helped to establish new standards of excellence in American architecture.



The Routledge Handbook of Byzantine Visual Culture in the Danube Regions, 1300-1600

Author : Maria Alessia Rossi

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 428 pages

File Size : 14,54 MB

Release : 2024-02-22

Category : History

ISBN : 1003844898

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This volume aims to broaden and nuance knowledge about the history, art, culture, and heritage of Eastern Europe relative to Byzantium. From the thirteenth century to the decades after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the regions of the Danube River stood at the intersection of different traditions, and the river itself has served as a marker of connection and division, as well as a site of cultural contact and negotiation. The Routledge Handbook of Byzantine Visual Culture in the Danube Regions, 1300–1600 brings to light the interconnectedness of this broad geographical area too often either studied in parts or neglected altogether, emphasizing its shared history and heritage of the regions of modern Greece, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Czechia. The aim is to challenge established perceptions of what constitutes ideological and historical facets of the past, as well as Byzantine and post-Byzantine cultural and artistic production in a region of the world that has yet to establish a firm footing on the map of art history. The 24 chapters offer a fresh and original approach to the history, literature, and art history of the Danube regions, thus being accessible to students thematically, chronologically, or by case study; each part can be read independently or explored as part of a whole.





The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Religion

Author : Susan M. Felch

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 307 pages

File Size : 15,74 MB

Release : 2016-09-12

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1316757269

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Book Description

Each essay in this Companion examines one or more literary texts and a religious tradition to illustrate how we can understand both literature and religion better by looking at them in tandem. Unlike most literature and religion books, which tend to focus on Christianity and take a highly theoretical approach inappropriate for non-specialists, The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Religion offers an accessible treatment of both Dharmic and Abrahamic traditions. It provides close readings of texts rather than surveys of large topics, making it an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students of literature and religion.



The Church of St. Polyeuktos at Constantinople

Author : Fabian Stroth

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 176 pages

File Size : 37,50 MB

Release : 2024-03-21

Category : History

ISBN : 1009115790

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Book Description

This Element discusses the Early Byzantine Church of St. Polyeuktos. One of the most magnificent, but also most peculiar architectural achievements in Byzantine Constantinople.



The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture

Author : Judith R. Baskin

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 559 pages

File Size : 40,22 MB

Release : 2010-07-12

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0521869609

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Book Description

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the Jewish experience, from its ancient origins to its impact on contemporary popular culture.



Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas

Author : Cilliers Breytenbach

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 625 pages

File Size : 29,26 MB

Release : 2022-11-14

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9004524592

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This volume focuses on the rise and expansion of Christianity in Athens, Attica, and adjacent areas, from the Pauline mission until the closing of the philosophical schools under Justinian I. It takes into account all relevant literary, epigraphical, and archaeological evidence.



A Companion to Medieval Art

Author : Conrad Rudolph

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 1040 pages

File Size : 24,52 MB

Release : 2019-05-07

Category : Art

ISBN : 1119077729

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A fully updated and comprehensive companion to Romanesque and Gothic art history This definitive reference brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe and provides a clear analytical survey of what is happening in this major area of Western art history. The volume comprises original theoretical, historical, and historiographic essays written by renowned and emergent scholars who discuss the vibrancy of medieval art from both thematic and sub-disciplinary perspectives. Part of the Blackwell Companions to Art History, A Companion to Medieval Art, Second Edition features an international and ambitious range of contributions covering reception, formalism, Gregory the Great, pilgrimage art, gender, patronage, marginalized images, the concept of spolia, manuscript illumination, stained glass, Cistercian architecture, art of the crusader states, and more. Newly revised edition of a highly successful companion, including 11 new articles Comprehensive coverage ranging from vision, materiality, and the artist through to architecture, sculpture, and painting Contains full-color illustrations throughout, plus notes on the book’s many distinguished contributors A Companion to Medieval Art: Romanesque and Gothic in Northern Europe, Second Edition is an exciting and varied study that provides essential reading for students and teachers of Medieval art.