Water and sacred architecture
- Title
- Water and sacred architecture / edited by Anat Geva.
- Published by
- London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
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- Description
- xvi, 300 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "This edited book examines architectural representations that tie water, as a physical and symbolic property, with the sacred. The discussion centres on two levels of this relationship: firstly, how water influenced the sacredness of buildings across history and different religions; and secondly, 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 All chapters are based on original archival studies, historical documents, and field visits to the sites and buildings.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 intense interest to architects, historians, environmentalists, archaeologists, religious scholars and preservationists"--
- Subject
- Contents
- Rituals -- Water as Material Culture and Place Making -- Environmental Impact -- Water Systems -- Modern Practice -- Epilogue: The Expression of Water in Virtual Sacred Architecture: The Case of a Virtual Baptism.
- Call number
- JQF 24-482
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Title
- Water and sacred architecture / edited by Anat Geva.
- Publisher
- London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added author
- Geva, Anat, 1947- editor.
- Other form:
- Online version: Water and sacred architecture London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023 9781003358824 (DLC) 2022048978
- LCCN
- 2022048977
- ISBN
- 9781032415901 (hardback)
- 1032415908
- 9781032415895 (paperback)
- 1032415894
- 9781003358824 (ebook)
- Research call number
- JQF 24-482