Water and sacred architecture

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Water and sacred architecture

edited by Anat Geva

Routledge, 2023

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

* Examines architecture that tie water, as a physical and symbolic property, with the sacred * All chapters are based on original archival studies, historical documents, and field visits to the sites and buildings * A stellar group of scholars and practitioners from the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Africa * Includes 173 black and white illustrations

目次

Introduction: Water and Sacred Architecture Part 1: Rituals 1. Beyond Baptism: Incorporating Water as a Primary Symbol in Contemporary Roman Catholic Church Architecture 2. Water and Ritual Wudu (Ablutions) in Canadian Mosques 3. Chattri and Kund: The Architecture of Kusum Sarovar, Govardhan, India 4. Sacred Water Architecture for Every Jew: Rabbi David Miller and DIY Mikvah in Charleston, South Carolina Part 2: Water as Material Culture and Place Making 5. Architecture, Water, and the Sacred in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace, Greece 6. Roman Waterscapes, Architecture, and Religion: Notions of Sacrality and Sensory Experience 7. Purifying the Stupa: Symbolism of the Lotus Flower in Buddhist Architecture 8. The Sacredness of Water and Place: African and Diasporic Religious Cultural Encounters Part 3: Environmental Impact 9. The 'Sacred' Architecture of Anupam Mishra's Water-Culture 10. Sacredness in The Presence and Absence of Water: The Case of Stepwells in Ahmedabad, India 11. Tethering Buddhism to Climate Change: Lessons from the Ladakhi Ice Stupa Part 4: Water Systems 12. Hymn to the Waters: Anahita in Ancient Persian Architecture 13. Tower and Temple: Re-sacralizing Water Infrastructure at Balkrishna Doshi's GSFC Township 14. Geothermal Systems and Religious Ethics: Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple, and First Unitarian Society of Madison Part 5: Modern Practice 15. Sacredness and Water in Contemporary Japanese Architecture: A reinterpretation of Ancient Traditions 16. Baptistries in Marcel Breuer and Associates' American Catholic Sacred Spaces 17. Strength in Weakness - Daoist Waters and the Architecture of the Xinjin Zhi Museum Epilogue: The Expression of Water in Virtual Sacred Architecture: The Case of a Virtual Baptism

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