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The secret language of sacred spaces : decoding churches, temples, mosques and other places of worship around the world

Title
The secret language of sacred spaces : decoding churches, temples, mosques and other places of worship around the world / Jon Cannon.
Author
Cannon, Jon, 1962-
Publication
London : Duncan Baird Publishers, 2013.

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Description
224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 31 cm
Subject
  • Religious architecture
  • Religious facilities
  • Symbolism in architecture
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 218) and index.
Contents
Part 1. The themes of the sacred. An architecture of sacredness -- Key elements of religious buildings -- Sacred style -- A holy universe -- Landscape & the cosmos -- Heaven & the afterlife -- Depictions of the divine -- Sacred words -- Sanctification through bloodshed : Yaxchilán, Mexoco -- People & sacred space -- Ritual & performance -- A sermon in stone : Wells Cathedral, England -- Access & hierarchy -- Patrons, power & piety -- Churning the ocean of milk : Angkor Wat, Cambodia -- Change over time -- The "great church" : Hagia Sophia, Turkey -- Part 2. Architecture & the ages of faith. Foundations : the ancient world -- The birth of faith -- The sacred landscape : Avebury, England -- Mesopotamia -- Ancient Egypt -- Aspirations for the afterlife : Tomb-chapel of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt -- Classical Greece -- The great procession of Athena : Acropolis, Athens, Greece -- Classical Rome -- The Americas -- Peoples of the book : one God and one Sacred Word -- Judaism : the founding monotheism -- The Jewish year : synagogue at Beth Alpha, Israel -- Christianity : God incarnated -- Rose de France : Chartres Cathedral, France -- Queen of heaven : altarpiece of St. Anthony, Perugia, Italy -- Islam : submission to God -- In praise of God : Masjid-i Gawhar Shad, Iran -- Man & cosmic order : South Asian cycles of rebirth -- Ancient India -- Buddhism : the middle way -- The Great Stupa : Sanchi, India -- A pilgrim's progress : Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia -- Hinduism : oneness out of many -- The Penance of Arjuna : Mamallapuram, India -- Spirit & society : the East Asian search for harmony -- East Asian architecture -- Taoism -- Confucianism -- Rituals for a prosperous year : Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China -- Shinto.
ISBN
  • 9781848991118 (hardcover)
  • 1848991118 (hardcover)
OCLC
  • ocn855200464
  • 855200464
  • SCSB-5721705
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries