Visualising a Sacred City: London, Art and Religion

by Aaron Rosen

William Blake famously imagined 'Jerusalem builded here' in London. But Blake was not the first or the last to visualise a shimmering new metropolis on the banks of the River Thames. For example, the Romans erected a temple to Mithras in their ancient city of Londinium; medieval Londoners created Temple Church in memory of the Holy Sepulchre in which Jesus was buried; and Christopher Wren reshaped the skyline of the entire city with his visionary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178453661X
• ISBN13: 9781784536619
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.6" x 8.6"