Holy Sites Encircled - The Early Byzantine Concentric Churches of Jerusalem

Informationen zum Autor Vered Shalev-Hurvitz has taught History of Medieval and Byzantine Art and Architecture in Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. Her current research (Wolfson College and Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity) focuses on early Byzantine architecture. Klappentext This volume explores the architecture of Jerusalem's round and octagonal churches, the perceptions and architectural models that stood behind it, and their impact on both ideas and design in future architecture. Zusammenfassung This volume explores the architecture of Jerusalem's round and octagonal churches, the perceptions and architectural models that stood behind it, and their impact on both ideas and design in future architecture. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Plates List of Figures List of Maps List of Abbreviations Part I: The Concentric Churches of Jerusalem Introduction 1: The Development of the Ritual in the Churches of Jerusalem 2: The Churches of Jesus: The Fourth Century 3: The Churches of Mary: The Fifth Century 4: Holy Sites Encircled: New Forms of Architecture in Jerusalem Churches Part II: The Scope of the Concentric Churches of Jerusalem 5: The Primacy of Jerusalem's Concentric Churches 6: The Palestinian Concentric Churches outside Jerusalem 7: The Impact: Palestine and Beyond 8: The Transformation of Function: The Dome of the Rock Conclusion Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Vered Shalev-Hurvitz, Vered (Researcher Shalev-Hurvitz, Shalev-Hurvitz Vered
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.04.2015
• EAN: 9780199653775
• ISBN: 978-0-19-965377-5
• No. of pages: 470
• Series: Oxford Studies in Byzantium; Oxford Studies in Byzantium
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Israel, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Christianity / General, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, Middle East, Christianity, History of Religion, Palestine, Archaeology by period / region, Religious buildings, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Architecture: religious buildings, Middle & Near Eastern archaeology