The Hermeneutics of Sacred Architecture: Experience, Interpretation, Comparison, Volume 1: Monumental Occasions: Reflections on the Eventfulness of Re

by Lindsay Jones

Book Overview

The two volumes of this investigation into how we perceive sacred architecture propose an original interpretation of built environments as ritual-architectural events. Exploring the worldUs cultures and religious traditions, Volume One maps out patterned responses to sacred architecture according to the human experience, mechanism, interpretation, and comparison of architecture. Volume Two, an exercise in comparative morphology, offers a comprehensive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 094545421X
• ISBN13: 9780945454212
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.