Sacred Power, Sacred Space an Introduction to Christian Architecture and Worship by Jeanne Halgren Kilde
Description
A method for thinking about power dynamics in Christian space -- Early Christian meeting space in the Roman empire -- Imperial power in Constantinian and Byzantine churches -- From abbey to great church, fortress to heavenly city -- Transformations of the Renaissance and Reformation -- Formalism and non- or anti-formalism in worship and architecture -- Historicism, modernism, and space -- Concluding observations.
236 p. :ill. ;24 cm.
Book Details
Author
Kilde, Jeanne Halgren
Place Published
City
Oxford ;New York
Date Published
2008
Publication Subjects
Liturgy and architecture--History.
Church architecture--History.