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Chargement... How to Read a Church : A Guide to Images, Symbols and Meanings in Churches and Cathedrals (édition 2003)par Richard Taylor (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Excellent book to help readers interpret church architecture and decoration. Some passages made me laugh, and I feel I learnt lots of interesting trivia. ( ) A pleasant little guidebook for church tourists (mostly Christian; a few thing you might find in a synagogue are mentioned. Nothing for a temple to Kali or Huitzilopochtli, though; probably just as well.). I learned that “nave” is related to “navigate”, promoting the image of worshipers as shipmates; “gargoyle” is related to “gargle”, tending back to their original purpose as downspouts; and a square halo on a painting or statue indicates the subject was alive when the image was made. How to Read a Church is concerned with symbols you might find in and around a church building, rather than church architecture; for example, it discusses the arch as a symbol (hands clasped in prayer, arms held aloft in worship) rather than explaining the difference between Gothic and Tudor arches. Easily pocketable and a light read, even if you’re not actually in a church at the time. I was seriously disappointed in this book. It's meant to be a guide to help the untutored observer make more sense of what he sees in a traditional church or cathedral, but instead of some in-depth examples of such readings, the book's chapters comprise laundry lists of the most basic facts about Jesus, the Bible and a few of the saints. So much space is used to try to fill in these foundational blanks that there's little time left to consider actual church architecture and decoration. The book's illustrations and diagrams are also incredibly basic. Not recommended. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Churches and cathedrals play an essential part in our heritage. As community-centred places of worship and as important tourist attractions, they are visited by millions of people every year. But churches were originally built to be read, and so they are packed with images, symbols and meanings that often need explanation for visitors. How to Read a Church is a lively and fascinating guide to what a visitor to a church is likely to find there and how to interpret the common images and meanings in church art and architecture. It will explain how to identify people, scenes, details and their significance, and will explore the symbolism of different animals, plants, colours, numbers and letters - and what this all means. It will be an essential guide for anyone who has ever visited / is visiting a church or cathedral, and for those who want to know more about these incredible buildings and the art they contain. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)246Religions Christian Devotional Literature and Practical Theology Christian Art and Symbolism; Use of artClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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