Sacred Architecture Of London

Author : Nigel Pennick
Publisher : Aeon Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781904658641

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Sacred Architecture of London by Nigel Pennick Pdf

London has a unique series of churches built after the Great Fire of 1666, when most of the City of London was destroyed. Among these iconic churches are St Paul's, St Mary-le-Bow, St Bride's, St Clement Danes, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St Mary-le-Strand, St George Bloomsbury and Christ Church Spitalfields. They remain today as outstanding landmarks that define their local cityscapes. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and his followers - Hawksmoor, Gibbs, Archer and James - these beautiful churches embody spiritual principles expressed through the conventions of Classical architecture. Underlying their outward, visible forms is sacred geometry, an ancient art that explores the invisible inner structure of the Cosmos and gives expression to it in physical form. In this book, Nigel Pennick explains the sacred geometry, spiritual symbols and emblems that make these churches among the most notable buildings of London.

Author : Nigel Pennick
Publisher : Aeon Books Limited
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1904658628

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Sacred Architecture of London by Nigel Pennick Pdf

London has a unique series of churches built after the Great Fire of 1666, when most of the City of London was destroyed. Among these iconic churches are St Paul's, St Mary-le-Bow, St Bride's, St Clement Danes, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St Mary-le-Strand, St George Bloomsbury and Christ Church Spitalfields. They remain today as outstanding landmarks that define their local cityscapes. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and his followers - Hawksmoor, Gibbs, Archer and James - these beautiful churches embody spiritual principles expressed through the conventions of Classical architecture. Underlying their outward, visible forms is sacred geometry, an ancient art that explores the invisible inner structure of the Cosmos and gives expression to it in physical form. In this book, Nigel Pennick explains the sacred geometry, spiritual symbols and emblems that make these churches among the most notable buildings of London.

Author : James Pallister
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0714868957

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Sacred Spaces by James Pallister Pdf

A ground‐breaking and enlightening exploration of the structures which elevate architecture to spirituality. Sacred Spaces showcases 30 of the most breath‐taking, innovative, iconic and undiscovered examples of contemporary religious architecture, including work by well‐known architects alongside emerging designers. Spanning all major religions and places of worship from intimate, reflective chapels and cemeteries to dramatic cathedrals and memorials, Sacred Spaces documents each project with lavish‐in‐depth photography and drawings and texts by James Pallister that provide a modern historical context. An inspiring collection and thorough survey, the buildings in Sacred Spaces will appeal to architects and designers as well as the general public intrigued by creative culture, religion and spirituality.

Author : Rudolf Stegers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783764366834

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Sacred Buildings by Rudolf Stegers Pdf

In a systematic section, this volume introduces the design, technical, and planning fundamentals of building churches, synagogues, and mosques. In its project section, it also presents about seventy realized structures from the last three decades.

Author : Alfred Capes
Publisher : London : J. Bumpus ; Oxford : Shrimpton
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Aesthetics
ISBN : NYPL:33433081867909

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The Old and New Churches of London by Alfred Capes Pdf

Author : Phyllis Richardson
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture, Modern
ISBN : 9781856693844

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New Sacred Architecture by Phyllis Richardson Pdf

This timely book reflects an awakening of interest in religious faiths and the emergence of a 'global exchange of architecture and culture. While Spain's Rafael Moneo has recently completed a cathedral in Los Angeles, Britain's Thomas Heatherwick is designing a Buddhist temple in Japan, John Pawson is working on a Cistercian monastery in the Czech Republic and Richard Meier has completed his Jubilee Church in Rome. It seems, as one Wallpaper registered] pundit commented, 'religion is getting a redesign' and the architect's faith is as unimportant as his or her nationality. I Looking at ways in which contemporary architects are approaching religious or meditative space, this book focuses on churches, chapels, temples, synagogues and mosques that have been built in the last few years and that represent a late-twentieth/ early-twenty-first century aesthetic.

Author : Robert William Billings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Church architecture
ISBN : BSB:BSB10048235

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Architectural Illustrations and Account of the Temple Church, London by Robert William Billings Pdf

Author : Stephen C. Humphrey
Publisher : Ntc Publishing Group
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0658017241

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Churches and Cathedrals of London by Stephen C. Humphrey Pdf

A visually stunning celebration of London's religious architectureEach era in London's long and complex history left its mark on that city's religious architecture. As a result, modern London is home to some of the most celebrated examples of an array of sacred architectural styles, ranging from the Romanesque and Gothic to the baroque and neoclassical. This visually stunning book explores the art, architecture, history, and legend associated with nearly 50 of London's best-known churches and cathedrals.Churches and Cathedrals of Londonbrings together historian Stephen Humphrey's vivid technical and historical descriptions with professional photographer James Morris's exquisite full-color photographs in an exuberant evocation of one of the most powerful and enduring aspects of London's glorious cultural heritage. All ages and styles are represented, from Christopher Wren's extensive church building of the 17th century to the prodigious energy of the late Georgians and the Victorians and their classical and Gothic revivals.

Author : Phyllis Richardson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture, Modern
ISBN : UCSD:31822033204769

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New Spiritual Architecture by Phyllis Richardson Pdf

"New Spiritual Architecture looks at ways in which contemporary architects are approaching religious or meditative space. The book focuses on churches, chapels, temples, synagogues and mosques that have been built in the last few years and that represent a late-twentieth/early-twenty-first century aesthetic. These buildings demonstrate how new ideas and developments in urban, domestic and public architecture are being used to inform design that is intended for inspiration, worship or meditation. The text discusses the ways in which architects manipulate light and space and considers the placement of these buildings in their surroundings. Following a brief introduction, the book explores the following five themes: New Traditions, Interventions, Retreats, Grand Icons, and Modest Magnificence. It includes 200 full-color illustrations and 100 line drawings."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Nicholas N. Patricios
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780755693993

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The Sacred Architecture of Byzantium by Nicholas N. Patricios Pdf

The churches of the Byzantine era were built to represent heaven on earth. Architecture, art and liturgy were intertwined in them to a degree that has never been replicated elsewhere, and the symbolism of this relationship had deep and profound meanings. Sacred buildings and their spiritual art underpinned the Eastern liturgical rites, which in turn influenced architectural design and the decoration which accompanied it. Nicholas N Patricios here offers a comprehensive survey, from the age of Constantine to the fall of Constantinople, of the nexus between buildings, worship and art. His identification of seven distinct Byzantine church types, based on a close analysis of 370 church building plans, will have considerable appeal to Byzantinists, lay and scholarly. Beyond categorizing and describing the churches themselves, which are richly illustrated with photographs, plans and diagrams, the author interprets the sacred liturgy that took place within these holy buildings, tracing the development of the worship in conjunction with architectural advances made up to the 15th century. Focusing on buildings located in twenty-two different locations, this sumptuous book is an essential guide to individual features such as the synthronon, templon and ambo and also to the wider significance of Byzantine art and architecture.

Author : Robin Griffith-Jones,David Park
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781843834984

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The Temple Church in London by Robin Griffith-Jones,David Park Pdf

Founded as the main church of the Knights Templar in England, at their New Temple in London, the Temple Church is historically and architecturally one of the most important medieval buildings in England. Its round nave, modelled on the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, is extraordinarily ambitious, combining lavish Romanesque sculpture with some of the earliest Gothic architectural features in any English building of its period. It holds one of the most famous series of medieval effigies in the country. The luminous thirteenth-century choir, intended for the burial of Henry III, is of exceptional beauty. Major developments in the post-medieval period include the reordering of the church in the 1680s by Sir Christopher Wren, and a substantial restoration programme in the early 1840s. Despite its extraordinary importance, however, it has until now attracted little scholarly or critical attention, a gap which is remedied by this volume. It considers the New Temple as a whole in the middle ages, and all aspects of the church itself from its foundation in the twelfth century to its war-time damage in the twentieth. Richly illustrated with numerous black and white and colour plates, it makes full use of the exceptional range and quality of the antiquarian material available for study, including drawings, photographs, and plaster casts. Contributors: Robin Griffith-Jones, Virginia Jansen, Philip Lankester, Helen Nicholson, David Park, Rosemary Sweet, William Whyte, Christopher Wilson.

Author : Ross Anderson,Maximilian Sternberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781350098725

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Modern Architecture and the Sacred by Ross Anderson,Maximilian Sternberg Pdf

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.

Author : Anat Geva
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000863710

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Water and Sacred Architecture by Anat Geva Pdf

This edited book examines architectural representations that tie water, as a physical and symbolic property, with the sacred. The discussion centers on two levels of this relationship: how water influenced the sacredness of buildings across history and different religions; and how sacred architecture expressed the spiritual meaning of water. The volume deliberately offers original material on various unique contextual and design aspects of water and sacred architecture, rather than an attempt to produce a historic chronological analysis on the topic or focusing on a specific geographical region. As such, this unique volume adds a new dimension to the study of sacred architecture. The book’s chapters are compiled by a stellar group of scholars and practitioners from the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Africa. It addresses major aspects of water in religious buildings, such as, rituals, pilgrimage, water as a cultural material and place-making, hydro systems, modern practices, environmental considerations, the contribution of water to transforming secular into sacred, and future digital/cyber context of water and sacredness. All chapters are based on original archival studies, historical documents, and field visits to the sites and buildings. These examinations show water as an expression of architectural design, its materiality, and its spiritual values. The book will be of interest to architects, historians, environmentalists, archaeologists, religious scholars, and preservationists.

Author : Thomas Francis Bumpus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Church architecture
ISBN : OXFORD:590180795

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London churches, ancient and modern by Thomas Francis Bumpus Pdf

Author : Alfred Capes
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298700868

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The Old and New Churches of London by Alfred Capes Pdf

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