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Author : Donald W. Parry
Release : 1994
Genre : Middle East
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Book Rating : 110/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Temples of the Ancient World by : Donald W. Parry
Download or read book Temples of the Ancient World written by Donald W. Parry. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Kerrigan
Release : 2021-11-02
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 943/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Amazing Temples of the World by : Michael Kerrigan
Download or read book Amazing Temples of the World written by Michael Kerrigan. This book was released on 2021-11-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized by continent, Amazing Temples of the World offers the reader an intimate portrait of some spectacular and unusual places of worship dating from the fourth millennium BCE to the present. Ornate or spartan, immense or intimate, from the Middle East to California, this book features such impressive places of worship as the Mahabhodi Temple, India, built in the location where Buddha is thought to have achieved enlightenment; the fifth-century BCE Temple of Confucius in Qufu, China, the largest Confucian temple in the world; Abu Simbel, in southern Egypt, the great carved monument to the Pharaoh Ramses II; the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, the spiritual home of the world's 25 million Sikhs; and the Shri Swaminarayan Temple in Neasden, London, the biggest Hindu temple outside India. Illustrated with 180 photographs, Amazing Temples of the World includes more than 150 places of worship, from Ancient Greece and Rome, through traditional synagogues to modern Buddhist, Taoist, and Sikh temples.
Author : Antony Spawforth
Release : 2006-01-01
Genre : Architecture
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 429/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Complete Greek Temples by : Antony Spawforth
Download or read book The Complete Greek Temples written by Antony Spawforth. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-encompassing portrait of the design and architectural elements of ancient Greek monuments summarizes the latest thinking on temple building while offering insight into the historical and cultural contexts of key constructions, in a volume complemented by a gazetteer of all known colonnaded temples.
Author : Michael B. Hundley
Release : 2013
Genre : Architecture
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 182/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Gods in Dwellings by : Michael B. Hundley
Download or read book Gods in Dwellings written by Michael B. Hundley. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book devoted exclusively to temples and perceptions of the divine presences that inhabit them, Michael B. Hundley focuses on the official religions of the ancient Near East and explores the interface between the human and the divine within temple environs. Hundley identifies common ancient Near Eastern temple systems and examines issues that include what temple structures communicate, how temples were understood to function, temple ideology, the installation of divine presence in a temple, the connection between presence and physical representation, and human service to the deity. Drawing on architectural and spatial theory, ritual theory, theories of language, art history, archaeology, sociocultural anthropology, and comparative studies, Hundley offers a single interpretive lens through which to view temple worship. Features: A close examination of temples in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Hittite Anatolia, and Syria-Palestine An interdisciplinary treatment of architecture, language, ritual, and art A dual focus on how a deity's divine presence connects to space and art and how human service to the deity maintains the deity's active presence
Author : John Michell
Release : 2007-04-03
Genre : Menhirs
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Book Rating : 032/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Megalithomania by : John Michell
Download or read book Megalithomania written by John Michell. This book was released on 2007-04-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A feast of extraordinary theories and personalities centred around the mysterious standing stones of antiquity. John Michell tells the incredible story of the amazing reactions, ancient and modern, to these prehistoric relics, whether astronomical, legendary, mystical or visionary.
