Architecture of the Sacred: Space, Ritual, and Experience from Classical Greece to Byzantium - Softcover

Wescoat, Bonna D.

 
9781107429000: Architecture of the Sacred: Space, Ritual, and Experience from Classical Greece to Byzantium
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1107429005 ISBN 13: 9781107429000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This book investigates the role of architecture in the construction of sacred experience in ancient Greek, Roman, Jewish, Christian and Byzantine cultures.

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About the Authors

Bonna D. Wescoat is Associate Professor of Art History at Emory University, Atlanta and Director of the Institute of Fine Arts excavations at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace, Greece. Her research concentrates on ancient Greek sacred architecture and iconography. Recent works include The Temple of Athena at Assos (2012) and The Monuments of the Eastern Hill (Samothrace) (2015).

Robert G. Ousterhout is Professor of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania, where he directs the Center for Ancient Studies. A specialist in Byzantine art and architecture, his research focuses on the vanishing architectural heritage of the Eastern Mediterranean. He is the author of numerous books, including Master Builders of Byzantium, 2nd edition (2008), The Byzantine Monuments of the Evros/Meric River Valley (2007, with Ch. Bakirtzis), and A Byzantine Settlement in Cappadocia, 2nd edition (2011).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107429005
ISBN 13 
9781107429000
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
410

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