Sacred power, sacred space : an introduction to Christian architecture and worship / Jeanne Halgren Kilde.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780195314694 (cloth); 9780195336061 (pbk.)Subject(s): Liturgy and architecture -- History | Church architecture -- HistoryLOC classification: NA4605 | .K48 2008Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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