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Huang, Linling. "Comparative Analysis of Chinese Religious Architectural Culture." Frontiers in Humanities and Social Sciences 4, no. 7 (July 24, 2024): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.54691/mzdb8528.
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China is a country with diverse cultures, and both material and spiritual cultures are extremely rich. Religious architectural culture is one branch of the overall culture of society. Chinese religious architecture embodies traditional Chinese culture, the superb architectural skills and the architectural aesthetic, and it is a concentrated manifestation of religious material culture and spiritual culture. While preserving its own cultural characteristics in the process of globalization, religious architectural culture is a topic worthy of exploration. It is important to explore the culture of religious architecture while maintaining its own cultural characteristics. There are many religions in China, including indigenous Taoism and foreign religions such as Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Catholicism. Each religion has its own cultural connotations, and each religious architecture has its own characteristics. After the introduction of foreign religions into China, they have been influenced by traditional Chinese culture, resulting in their religious architecture incorporating some Chinese characteristics. In the current cultural context of China, a comparative analysis of the characteristics of various religious architectures is conducive to a deeper understanding of religious architectural culture and is of certain significance for the inheritance and protection of religious architecture. This article conducts fundamental research on Buddhist architecture, Taoist architecture, and Islamic architecture from the perspectives of overall layout and architectural carving art. By comparing and analyzing religious architecture, it reveals the cultural connotations it carries. It is hoped that this will provide new ideas for the protection of religious architecture and the inheritance of architectural culture.
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Wu, Xiaowen, and Claudio Gambadella. "Religions Culture Sharps the Space." Resourceedings 2, no. 3 (November 28, 2019): 184. http://dx.doi.org/10.21625/resourceedings.v2i3.658.
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Religious culture shapes the characters of space and it reflects people’s attitudes towards the relationships between people and gods. Every religious architecture, such as a temple or a church, demonstrates its physical connections with life. This paper focuses on comparing different countries’ religious architectures to better understand the dominant cultural elements which influence design concepts of these architectures. In Western cultures, the religious architecture format is the church. However, Tadao Ando designs the Church of the Light with oriental features. It changes western religious cultures to adapt to local conditions. Ando’s work is just one of many examples in which the local culture can transform religious architecture form with their own characters, and nake it become an iconic mark to represent their country. This paper, analyzing project thinking and development invovling a local citizen, user, artist, and architect, tries to find out how design concepts, decisions on site location, and construction method will be determined. In these case studies on architectural formats from all over the world, this paper uses valuable data to show what elements will be the most critical ones to influence people’s thinking about religious cultures and religious architectural transformation. Furthermore, in this research, it compares religious cultural characters between western and oriental regions. This research also answers questions about how cultures change local people’s behaviors. This is the most valuable point of religious architectures, because they can comfort people and mitigate their sorrow. The research demonstrates how religious cultures and understanding about life can further develop architecture forms. Local materials and conditions are key factors which greatly influence architectural designs. Moreover, this paper compares the latest technology and development of construction materials to illustrate how technology reshapes religious designs in our age. It links local cultures with contemporary architectures to help local architectures continue to develop with their unique characters instead of being eliminated by globalization.
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Guo, Qing, Xiang Dong Zhu, and Chong En Wang. "Embodiment of Polytheism in Architectures of Southeastern Shanxi - A Case Study of Hongji Monastery in Wuxiang County." Applied Mechanics and Materials 253-255 (December 2012): 45–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.253-255.45.
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Through field visit to Hongji Monastery in Wuxiang County of Shanxi Province, a detailed investigation on its spatial arrangement and religious functions of architectures is conducted, which deeply reflects the historical inevitability of polytheism and the improvement of people’s cognition toward religious thoughts by combining reasons for the appearance of polytheism and relations between religious activities and religious architectures. This trend of polytheism gives rise to the infusion of deities from different religions in the same religious architecture, which works as a practical carrier of spiritual ballast.
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Khoukhi, Imadeddine, Dalila Senhadji, and Merwan Zine Elabidine Hellal. "New Mosques Architectural Platform: Digitalised Inventory and Analysis for Mosques Referencing." Journal of Islamic Architecture 7, no. 3 (June 28, 2023): 391–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/jia.v7i3.21060.
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This research tackles the architectural typology of mosques built by religious associations in Algeria, which is a timeless issue. Despite the specific legislation of the new mosques' architectural typology, random or fanciful architectures in the field are considered Islamic Architecture. Our research aims to analyze mosque architectural data and report all the architectural and architectonic elements identified in two Algerian wilayas as a case study. It is then to classify and define the authentic typologies of Maghrebi, Ottoman mosques, or any other developed by specialists in Islamic architecture and art, especially if the platform is linked with the general inventory of Islamic architecture accredited by UNESCO. The concept of creating the platform starts with an inventory of mosques, and it is then developed to list various criteria for classifying mosques. Thus, a flexible filtering system is implemented to help perform multi-criteria analysis and visualize results in a geographic interface. This platform can meet several objectives in many research fields and be adapted for buildings other than mosques. Furthermore, the platform will serve as a basis for researchers and students, the Directorates of Religious Affairs, and the Ministry of Religious Affairs to analyze the architectural data of mosques.
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de Wildt, Kim, Martin Radermacher, Volkhard Krech, Beate Löffler, and Wolfgang Sonne. "Transformations of ‘Sacredness in Stone’: Religious Architecture in Urban Space in 21st Century Germany—New Perspectives in the Study of Religious Architecture." Religions 10, no. 11 (October 30, 2019): 602. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel10110602.
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Religious transformations in modern societies are not merely a discursive or demographic phenomenon, they also relate to religious architecture in urban space and affect the built environment at its core. Many churches, for instance, are in the process of reuse, closure, or even demolition. At the same time, there has been an increase in the construction of new mosques and a reorientation in synagogue architecture in Germany for the last twenty-five years. The three religious traditions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—undergo remarkable transformations with regard to the design and style of their places of worship. Often, however, these new designs are not easily ‘readable’ to visitors and believers alike. In addition, the role of contemporary religious architecture in its relation to urban space is changing. Which meanings do religious buildings convey, how are they positioned, and how do they structure urban space? In collaboration of the study of religions and architectural history, we approach these questions by means of studying the transformations of contemporary religious architecture in Germany in a comparative manner. We survey Jewish, Christian, and Muslim places of worship, that is, new constructions, reused, and demolished buildings in Germany since 1990. The selected buildings are studied in detail regarding their meaning and positioning in urban space. This article presents findings from an ongoing research project and opens new perspectives in the study of urban religion.
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Guo, Weiru. "Qingdao Modern Church Contrast and Analyzing Based on Religious Influences Perspective: Examples from Qingdao Catholic Church and Qingdao Christian Church." Highlights in Science, Engineering and Technology 86 (March 27, 2024): 54–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.54097/3g980w98.
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Qingdao, as a city with a colonial history, has numerous architectures that combine traditional Chinese architectural style and Western architectural style. One of the most distinctive types of architecture is the church. Churches have significant mental support functions as well as their function as shelters. They are symbols of the city, and valuable for the city to present its architectural scene. This article wishes to state the backgrounds and history of Catholicism and Protestantism; compare the differences in external spaces, internal spaces, decorations, and volume of Qingdao catholic church and Qingdao Christian church to analyze the architectural differences based on different religious backgrounds; emphasize the characteristics and connotations for churches. Studying church architecture can reveal the creativity and technical proficiency of ancient architects and craftsmen. Church architecture encompasses knowledge and skills from various fields, including structural engineering, sculpture, painting, and decoration. Such research contributes to the advancement of architectural design and engineering technology. Church architecture is a reflection of human creativity and cultural traditions, and it holds significant importance for the study and preservation of cultural heritage.
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Sokol-Gojnik, Zorana, and Igor Gojnik. "Fullness and Emptiness." Actas de Arquitectura Religiosa Contemporánea 8 (December 15, 2021): 78–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.17979/aarc.2021.8.0.8842.
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This paper aims to analyze prominent examples of contemporary Christian architecture in the Far East, and the influence of religious and architectural concepts of sacred architecture of the Far East on contemporary Christian architecture built there. Numerous examples show the influence of the permeation of that area’s cultural, traditional, and religious heritage with the Christian cultural and theological framework. Christian sacred architecture is based on the monotheistic concept of faith in one incarnated God that opens to humanity the path to salvation achieved in the afterlife. Religions of the Far East share common concepts of proccesuality described as Tao, the governing principle in the background of all life. It is the principle of continuity in an eternally changing universe. The intention of this paper is, therefore, to direct the view towards the permeation of cultures that encourages Christian sacred architecture towards the search for a new, authentic identity.
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He, Xiao Yan. "5 Kinds of Religions and Religious Buildings Resources Survey and its Protection in Baotou North Beam Section." Applied Mechanics and Materials 584-586 (July 2014): 2532–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.584-586.2532.
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This topic through the north liang polish person's religious beliefs, living custom, baotou culture fully research, combining with the course construction of Inner Mongolia university of science and technology, to the north liang area to collect, surveying and mapping, the religious architecture analysis from the beam area under different forms of religious venues religious buildings, space layout, architectural form, architectural form evolution, reveal the religious culture, etc. combining with the flourishing of north beam transformation at present, put forward the programming of the inheritance of ethnic culture and religious culture and architectural design ideas and Suggestions.
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Shen, Jiachen. "Analyse the differences in origin and layout of Chinese Buddhist and Taoist architecture." SHS Web of Conferences 180 (2023): 01011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202318001011.
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This article mainly lists differences between Buddhist and Taoist architecture in China, and compares them in various aspects by analyzing the layout and origin of the architecture and combining religious meanings. As an important material manifestation of Chinese local religion, temple architecture not only represents the cultural core of Chinese religion, but also reflects the cultural heritage and profound connotations of Chinese religion. Chinese religious architecture combines the ideas of classical palace architecture and garden architecture design, so temple architecture can be regarded as a treasure in Chinese architectural art. As a cultural symbol and microcosm, they also greatly enhance the importance of people’s understanding and protection of religious architectural art. The article combines the viewpoints of multiple experts to supplement and explain the core points of the article, and preliminarily explores the main reasons for the formation of the layout and style of Buddhist and Taoist architecture. Through research, the author aims to deeply explore the design differences between Buddhist and Taoist architecture.
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Barrie, Thomas. "Architecture of the World’s Major Religions." Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and the Arts 3, no. 4 (August 19, 2020): 1–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24688878-12340010.
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Abstract In Architecture of the World’s Major Religions: An Essay on Themes, Differences, and Similarities, religious architecture is presented and explained in ways that challenge predominant presumptions regarding its aesthetic, formal, spatial, and scenographic elements. Two positions frame its narrative: religious architecture is an amalgam of aesthetic, social, political, cultural, economic, and doctrinal elements; and these elements are materialized in often very different ways in the world’s principal religions. Central to the essay’s theoretical approaches is the communicative and discursive agency of religious architecture, and the multisensory and ritual spaces it provides to create and deliver content. Subsequently, mythical and scriptural foundations, and symbols of ecclesiastical and political power are of equal interest to formal organizations of thresholds, paths, courts, and centers, and celestial and geometric alignments. Moreover, it is equally concerned with the aesthetic—visual and material cultures and the transcendent realms they were designed to evoke, as it is with the kinesthetic—the dynamic and multisensory experience of place and the tangible experiences of the body’s interactions with architecture.
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Gojnik, Zorana Sokol. "Space as Symbol in Sacred Architecture. The Problem of Christian Sacred Architecture." Resourceedings 2, no. 3 (November 12, 2019): 136. http://dx.doi.org/10.21625/resourceedings.v2i3.638.
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In contemporary research (theoretical and architectural projects) of Christian sacred architecture it has been observed that there is a lack of understanding of the phenomenon of space as one of the symbols of sacred architecture.The goal of this paper is to point out the importance of observing the space (architecture) as a sacred symbol, because a problem has been recognised, dealing with the lack of fundemantel definition in the interpretation of the sacred space.In this paper, the research will be carried out by a comparative analysis of the religious concepts of the great religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as their materialisation through space.The expected result of the research is to confirm the hypothesis that space, as well as rituals, images, artistic works, etc. in sacred architecture has the role of a symbol. Space has the task of keeping the basic concepts of religions and of being a mediator of the experience of faith.
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Zuber Angkasa and Erfan M. Kamil. "Space Contestation in the Tri-Dharma Religious Building (Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism) in Indonesia." International Journal of Architecture and Urbanism 7, no. 1 (March 31, 2023): 14–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.32734/ijau.v7i1.11683.
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This study examines the contestation of the worship space by looking at how three religions: Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism, occupy space in the tri-dharma worship building. This paper discusses the conceptual, theoretical, historical, and contemporary political aspects of the three religions in Indonesia and how the Indonesian government has historically encouraged Buddhists, Confucians, and Taoists to worship in the same space. This study surveys secondary data on the architecture of the Tri-Dharma houses of worship in Indonesia and looks at how the elements of each religion are placed in the buildings and how this reflects the contestation of the three religions in Indonesia. The result of this research shows that architectural contestation occurs in the altar room, ornamental, and overall building style. This contestation reflects which sects are dominant and which are peripheral to the three religions. This finding has implications for the importance of efforts to foster harmony between Tri-Dharma religious communities in Indonesia and how each one responds to architectural dominance and builds a more varied architecture of places of worship for the Tri-Dharma religion.
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Sholihah, Arif Budi, Asrul Mahjuddin Ressang, and Wisnu Setiawan. "The Architecture of Langgar Dhuwur in Java: Vernacular Forms in Religious Architecture." Journal of Islamic Architecture 8, no. 1 (June 20, 2024): 106–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/jia.v8i1.21107.
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Research on Friday Mosques dominates the study of religious buildings in Java. Meanwhile, research on small mosques, particularly Langgar Dhuwur, remains limited. The purpose of this study is to examine two Langgar Dhuwur in Kauman Yogyakarta from architectural and narrative perspectives in order to reveal the architectural characteristics as well as their role in society. Direct visual observations, measured drawings, and narratives about the study’s context were conducted. Five major themes from the observations were analyzed and discussed to draw significant conclusions. It is concluded that Langgar Dhuwur is a unique architectural type that preserves Indonesia’s vernacular and pre-Islamic architecture. Langgar Dhuwur in Kauman designated the second floor as a sacred area following the Hindu-Buddhist concept of Triloka (Svarloka). As a public building, Langgar Dhuwur serves as a place of worship as well as a cultural and social center. Therefore, it can be regarded as one of Indonesia’s religious architectural treasures due to its distinctive architectural style and rich history. It is recommended that the existence of Langgar Dhuwur, which has a multifunction role in community development, be preserved. Future design needs to emphasize an architectural typology that follows residential architecture, flexible space, and an open plan to accommodate various activities in the micro-scale community area.
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Lyzina, Anna G. "Religious architecture of the Penza region as a visual code of local identity." Urban construction and architecture 12, no. 2 (June 20, 2022): 77–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.17673/10.17673/vestnik.2022.02.11.
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Architectural and town-planning characteristics and their significance for the visual code of local identity are considered on the example of the architecture of Orthodox churches in the Penza region. A system of criteria for classifying religious buildings according to the originality of their architectural qualities is proposed. The visual and mental significance of religious architecture and its determining factors are highlighted.
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Loosen, Sebastiaan, and Hilde Heynen. "Secularized Engagement in Architecture: Sieg Vlaeminck’s Plea for Woonecologie in 1970s Flanders." International Journal for History, Culture and Modernity 6, no. 1 (March 28, 2018): 1–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.18352/hcm.516.
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During the 1970s the intellectual and cultural climate in Flanders increasingly matured, also in the field of architecture. This fledgling cultural renaissance was fed to a remarkable extent by intellectuals with a religious background who chose to reorient their careers outside the Church. This article focuses on one of those clerics-turnedpublic intellectuals: sociologist and former Passionist Sieg Vlaeminck (1933–2011), who during the 1970s advocated a scientifically grounded approach of the built environment, labelled woonecologie. His life trajectory unites (1) a plea for sciences, embodying a trend towards scientification, (2) a public voice acknowledging architecture’s societal relevance and (3) a first-hand witness of and contributor to a growing secularization of religious culture. This paper traces the transfiguration of Vlaeminck’s religious vocation into an architectural engagement, in order to offer one way of grasping how architectural culture of the 1970s benefited from the secularization that affected the Catholic Church.
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Ghanbari, Javid. "An Investigation into Architectural Creolization of West African Vernacular Mosques." International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding 8, no. 9 (September 4, 2021): 66. http://dx.doi.org/10.18415/ijmmu.v8i9.2874.
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In investigating the influence of religious thoughts on architecture, much attention has been given to divine world-wide religions by the researchers, while indigenous religions have to a great extent been neglected. Ancient tribes in different parts of the world, have, on the basis of their cosmology, shaped beliefs which reflect on their architecture, especially on their sacred buildings. Regarding the Dogons-a well-known and a dominant tribe in West Africa- their Gods, cosmology and beliefs have led to the formation of settlements comprising houses, temples and other types of buildings in accordance with their religious thoughts while also being in harmony with nature. Up on the expansion of Islam throughout Africa, especially West Africa, vernacular mosques are shaped gradually beside shrines making a typology of Islamic architecture which has traces of both Dogon and Islamic architecture within it; While the influence of natural materials and indigenous building techniques should not be neglected. Taking a descriptive-deductive analysis approach, this paper will search for the architectural creolization process and will eventually conclude that West African vernacular mosques inherit their formal and spatial features mostly from Dogon house and pioneer mosques in Medina and their physical features, elements and exterior decorations from Dogon temples.
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Gusić, Monika. "Ottoman religious architecture in Croatia." St open 3 (April 28, 2022): 1–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.48188/so.3.3.
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Objective: To provide a description and analysis of built, surviving, and lost Ottoman religious monuments in Croatia within the historical and sociopolitical context. Methods: Based on the analysis of relevant published sources, historical maps, online sources, as well as site analysis, we provide a description of Ottoman architectural, religious, and cultural heritage in the contemporary Croatian regions of the Dalmatian hinterland and Slavonia. This includes the art historical interpretation of the remains of the three surviving 16th-century domed mosques in three Croatian towns: Klis (today, the Catholic Church of St. Vitus in the Fortress), Drniš (now incorporated into the Catholic Church of St. Anthony held by the Franciscans), and Đakovo (today, the Catholic Church of All Saints). Results: The period of Ottoman rule saw the construction of a great number of Ottoman religious buildings in what is now the territory of the Republic of Croatia. There were two methods of mosque establishment: from the ground up, or by repurposing an older building, generally of Christian origin. With cessation of Ottoman rule these objects decayed and became less interesting for reutilization for Christian religious purposes. Many such converted objects perished in spite of their new utilization. The site analysis revealed the continuity of these sacred places in spite of religious conversion of the sacral site. Conclusion: The introduction of Ottoman architectural and urbanistic features was the defining feature of urban development in Croatia during the Ottoman era. In the settlements, the Ottomans built both sacral and utilitarian profane buildings, but Ottoman religious buildings were the most prominent. In the territory of present day Croatia, only three such Ottoman places of worship remain in existence as structures, albeit reconverted into Catholic churches. Today, due to the conversion and renovation works, they represent a fusion of several stylistic periods.
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Begchin, D. A. "Temple Architecture and Religious Anthropology." Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies 43 (2023): 91–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2023.43.91.
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This article substantiates the possibility of using the material of temple architecture in studies of religious perceptions of man. In studying the religious teachings of man, we rely on the religious anthropology of K. I. Nikonov. We also used the methodology of L. Jones's "hermeneutics of sacred architecture" and A. Corben's temenology to study temple structures and sacred spaces. Our approach allowed us to explore believers' understanding of temple architecture as a self-understanding. It has been shown that temple architecture can be used to reconstruct the history of religious teachings on man, as well as to deepen philosophical knowledge of the essence, structure, and basic aspects of believers' understanding of themselves.
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Hussain, Saddam, and Fu Juan. "Exploring the Architecture and Its Influence of Badshahi Mosque Lahore (Bmlh): A Unesco Tentative Heritage Site." Journal of Islamic Architecture 7, no. 3 (June 28, 2023): 464–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/jia.v7i3.20999.
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Asia has a variety of diverse ancient cultures and civilizations. In this paper, we studied the architecture of a UNESCO tentative heritage site: Badshahi Mosque Lahore (BMLH, 1671–1673), built by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir (AA). The site is special since it had the largest mosque title (human capacity = 100,000) in the world from 1673 to 1986, has great architectural importance, and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. Various mosque architectures (MA) emerged over the past 1400 years worldwide to preserve each region's diversity, identity, and culture. A documentation visit was arranged to study this site and feel the real architecture of the Mughals after decades of preserved form. The study found that BMLH underwent significant alterations while keeping the original MA. This unique study further focused on the basic architecture of the Mughal Era. A detailed study of the architectural themes of BMLH showed that the architectural style of this heritage included regional, cultural, and traditional impacts. By analyzing the architectural themes and distinctive features of BMLH, we have uncovered the distinct regional, religious, and psychological influences that led to Mughal-era mosque architecture's development. Further documentation was reported about the current structural situation of Badshahi Mosque; the number of seepages has been pointed out, and several decays were sighted during our visit. For this significant site's perfect preservation, it was proposed that high-end preservation strategies be implemented in the future.
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Ramzan, Saira. "Religious Tourism in Lahore: Case Study of Mosque Architecture under the Mughals." Journal of Art, Architecture and Built Environment 6, no. 2 (December 30, 2023): 37–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.32350/jaabe.62.03.
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The city of Lahore is well known for both its magnificent architecture and rich cultural legacy. Lahore saw a dramatic transition under the Mughal rule with the building of several famous mosques that continue to draw religious travelers from all over the world. This case study examines the possibilities for religious tourism keeping in view the Mughal era mosques of Lahore, while emphasizing their spiritual appeal and architectural value. The architectural integrity and beauty of these mosques require ongoing preservation and restoration efforts. Religious tourism in Lahore can boost the local economy by creating jobs, generating business revenue, and promoting cultural exchange, thus fostering interfaith dialogue and showcasing the Mughal mosque architecture. On the other hand, sustainable tourism practices, such as waste reduction, water and energy conservation, and responsible tourism behavior can mitigate the negative environmental and community impacts of religious tourism. The study highlights how crucial it is to protect and promote these locations in order to respect the Mughal architectural heritage, maintain religious customs, and improve the city's standing as a center for religious tourism.
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Volkova, Iryna, Vlada Mukomel, and Ivan Posokhov. "Рrospects for the development of religious and excursion tourism in Ukraine." 17, no. 17 (June 30, 2023): 110–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.26565/2310-9513-2023-17-10.
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For religious and excursion tourism, sacral buildings that have a special architecture and history are of particular interest, and are often architectural monuments of national significance or represent UNESCO heritage. The subject of the study is the development of religious excursion tourism in Ukraine. The purpose of the article is to determine the state of development and prospects of religious excursion tourism in Ukraine. The goal: to carry out an analysis of the resource base of religious excursion tourism in Ukraine, to determine the state of development of religious excursion tourism in Ukraine; to analyze the foreign experience of the development of religious excursion tourism; to determine the problems and prospects of the development of religious excursion tourism in Ukraine. Research methods used during the writing of the work: statistical, graphic, cartographic, analytical, comparative methods, experimental method, method of scoring. The following results were obtained: the work determined the number of religious buildings of the most common denominations on the territory of Ukraine, architectural monuments of national significance of Ukraine and sacred buildings included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The epochs of the construction of sacred buildings and the inherent styles of building religious architecture are given. The peculiarities of the architecture of religious affiliation in the regions of Ukraine are determined. Existing tours and sight-seeing excursions from the leading domestic tour operators of Ukraine were also analyzed. The current trends in the development of cultural and religious tourism in the Kharkiv region were investigated. Conclusions: the significant destruction of church architecture as a result of the war in Ukraine, insufficient supervision of architecture and lack of funds for its restoration, legal problems, low awareness of the country's tourist representatives about the possibilities of using religious objects for the needs of tourism are identified as problems of the organization of this type of tourism. Among the available prospects, the authors indicate: 3D tours of temples and cathedrals, VR reality, interactive installations, 3D mapping, setting up museums inside churches, camping tourism, etc. Therefore, the sacred architecture of Ukraine is an important factor in the formation of new excursion routes that can interest various groups of tourists whose purpose of travel is religious excursion tourism.
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Martins, Maria Julia Avelino Silva, and ,. Fabrícia Dias da Cunha de Moraes Fernandes. "A IMPORTÂNCIA DA ARQUITETURA SACRA NACIONAL ATRAVÉS DOS TEMPOS: UM COMPARATIVO ACERCA DAS IGREJAS DE SÃO FRANCISCO DE ASSIS EM MINAS GERAIS." Colloquium Socialis 6, no. 1 (January 16, 2023): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.5747/cs.2022.v6.s149.
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The present work aims to analyze the relationship between sacred architecture and its relationship with place and time, demonstrating that even though the works are from different periods and authors, both have similar characteristics, which allows creating an opinion about the importance of religious architecture. As the sacred architecture had existed since the colonial period, it is intended to highlight its articulation with the national conjuncture, to then trace the history of the architects as well as the architectural styles. It is intended, after a bibliographical review, to compare the architecture between the styles as well as to identify religious architectural elements of a transitory or permanent character, the messages consolidated and perpetuated in time. As a solution, it is possible to diagnose that, despite different periods and authors, sacred architecture maintains its importance even in the face of the different architectural particularities located in time and space and that the essences of its message are sacred in people's lives.
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Martín Navarro, Alejandro. "Value Architecture and Salvation Technology—The Sacred in Nietzsche’s Zarathustra." Religions 14, no. 5 (April 23, 2023): 567. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel14050567.
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This article approaches the religious phenomenon from a perspective that combines the anthropology of the sacred and the science of religions and from which religion can be interpreted as an “architecture of value”, that is, as a technique for constructing values and, at the same time, as a “technology of salvation”, that is, as a mechanism for individual and group healing. On this theoretical basis, certain aspects of Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra are analysed not as mere rhetorical or polemical devices but as the backbone of a work of a religious nature. The result is a religious interpretation of Nietzsche’s great work and, at the same time, a reflection on religious life itself and the scope of post-metaphysical religiosity.
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Zhang, Dong Xu, Da Ping Liu, Xin Ru Wei, and Meng Xiao. "Research of Chinese Buddhist Temples Space Design." Advanced Materials Research 311-313 (August 2011): 1569–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.311-313.1569.
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The number of the religious architecture makes up 70 percent of the total of existing traditional buildings in China, in which the largest proportion is the Chinese Buddhist architecture, this paper has been studied in this kind of building. Firstly, the religious background and development history of the Chinese Buddhist architecture is introduced, and this paper puts forward that this architectural form was affected by the ancient folk houses. Compared to Buddhist architecture in other countries, they are majestic in shape and beautiful elaborate in decoration, the whole form and nature landscape melt into one another. Secondly, religious spaces are analyzed, including the location of Buddhist temple, the overall layout and the single building. Most temples were built on the hill, and the Buddhist hall is the center of architectural complex. Single building is very similar, and its position is attached to its status in spatial sequence. Thirdly, the design concept of Buddhist architecture was discovered. It was pointed out that Chinese traditional philosophy, i.e. the view of the nature, determines the space composition inside and outside of Chinese Buddhist architecture. At last, the paper summed up the design of Buddhist architecture and gave a prospect about the way of its future development.
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Lucantoni, Francesco. "Historical Notes on the Architecture of Italian Confraternities." Confraternitas 17, no. 2 (July 1, 2006): 3–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.33137/confrat.v17i2.12506.
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Historians of architecture have always drawn a distinct line between civic and religious architecture. Although this separation allows for easier classification of the vast heritage of architecture, it is not adequate for analysing certain realities that, by their very nature, fall between the two categories. An example of this is confraternal architectural production that developed extensively, in a variety of forms and environments, in the Catholic world from the thirteenth century to the present. As lay institutions with religious aims, confraternities gave birth to a special type of architecture, distinctive because of its combination of lay and religious elements, and because it was not restricted to sacred buildings. This architecture presents a complexity and an originality borne out of the close relationship to its various devotional aspects and, above all, to the social-charitable role played by these organizations.
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Song, Hui Fang, and Jun Li. "The Study on Buddhism Architecture’s Space Form in Wuhan." Applied Mechanics and Materials 638-640 (September 2014): 2274–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.638-640.2274.
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Kevin lynch holds in his work “Good City Form” that cities are material bases of religious beliefs for people to free their spirit, which after being carefully planned and designed by urban planners will be awesome and provide a background for religious rites. This thesis combs the development of Buddhism in Wuhan, studies the space form of main Buddhism architectures and analyzes religious doctrine, national policy, social culture and other factors’ influence on Buddhism architecture, provides the scientific basis for the future protection and planning of Buddhism architecture in Wuhan.
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Bogdanović, Jelena. "Aleksandar Deroko's work on medieval architecture and its relevance today." SAJ - Serbian Architectural Journal 11, no. 3 (2019): 141–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/saj1901141b.
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Meticulous record of more than 300 medieval structures, extensive fieldwork on numerous archeological sites, more than 100 texts and several critical books on medieval architecture mark professor Aleksandar Deroko's work on preserving medieval architectural heritage in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia. They are all aptly illustrated with his drawings and photographs. Deroko's genuine interest in medieval architecture and its preservation shaped his student days between the two world wars, a period also characterised by a clash between traditionalism and modernism in architecture. Destruction from war, public negligence of medieval heritage, the so-called "golden rush" when many hoped to uncover lost medieval treasures, and the overall lack of clear methodologies for the preservation of architectural heritage displeased young Deroko, who often publicly expressed his opinion on the urgent need for medieval structures to be saved and restored, and in particular religious architecture. Even his undergraduate thesis for his architectural degree, which focused on the Church of St. Sava in Belgrade, was inspired by medieval religious architecture and its values. This paper addresses the relevance of Deroko's work today, especially in the light of his understanding of medieval architecture as art and a dynamic cultural symbol relevant for architectural practices.
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Ju, Fei. "Gathering Southward under Secularization and Syncretism: Study of the Spatial-Temporal Distribution and Influencing Factors of Chinese Historical Buddhist Architecture in Zhejiang." Religions 14, no. 11 (November 8, 2023): 1398. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel14111398.
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After Buddhism spread to the Zhejiang, it underwent sinicization, giving rise to Chinese Buddhist architecture and forming a secularized character. The spatial-temporal distribution of historical Buddhist architecture in Zhejiang is strongly representative of Buddhist architecture. From the perspective of religious cultural geography, this study takes 11 prefecture-level cities of Zhejiang as the basic research units, and employs the spatial-analysis method of ArcGIS to analyze the spatial-temporal evolution characteristics of representative historical Buddhist architectural samples, and to explore the factors affecting their distribution. The research results indicate that the spatial distribution of representative historical Buddhist architectural samples in the Zhejiang is extensive, with a distinct single-core clustering characteristic. The mean-center movement of the representative historical Buddhist architectural samples in Zhejiang during different historical periods manifests in four distinct directional phases, overall moving from north to south. Natural, transportation, political, technological, economic, and religious cultural transmission factors collectively influence the spatial-temporal distribution of Buddhist architecture in Zhejiang. Especially the secularization of Buddhism and the syncretism of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism have been the primary drivers in the spatial-temporal distribution evolution of Buddhist architecture.
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KOLOSOVSKAYA, A., and I. OZHESHKOVSKAYA. "ARCHETYPES IN SACRED BUILDINGS: CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND MOSQUES." Herald of Polotsk State University. Series F. Civil engineering. Applied sciences, no. 2 (June 28, 2024): 36–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.52928/2070-1683-2024-37-2-36-41.
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The article is devoted to the study of common archetypes in sacred buildings of Christian churches and mosques. Archetypes are seen as universal images that permeate the collective unconscious of humanity and are expressed through mythology, symbolism and architecture. The work analyzes how archetypes influence architectural decisions of sacred buildings, including layout, composition and artistic and stylistic design. The authors consider how common archetypes are reflected in architectural features such as the presence of domes, minarets and bell towers, as well as in the organization of internal space and the location of the altar. The study shows that despite differences in religious concepts, Christianity and Islam have striking similarities in architectural forms, ornaments and symbols. This testifies to the unity of human experience and the desire for spiritual harmony. The article emphasizes the importance of studying and preserving the heritage of different religions and cultures, as well as the need for dialogue and mutual respect between different religious communities. Contributing to the understanding of the architectural heritage of different religions and cultures highlights the importance of studying and preserving the common cultural heritage.
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Bilyalova, Ilmira. "Monuments of religious architecture. Karaite Kenassas." Актуальные направления научных исследований XXI века: теория и практика 3, no. 1 (April 12, 2015): 16–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/10595.
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Gaber, Tammy. "Recasting the Religious Architecture of Islam." American Journal of Islam and Society 40, no. 1-2 (July 3, 2023): 122–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v40i1-2.3239.
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This most recent, and comprehensive compendium, on the subject of the architecture of Islam sheds light on the subject materials. New information on well-known historical examples, the inclusion of historical examples not usually (if ever covered) in such scholarship and an expansion of analysis with respect to modern and contemporary case studies of Islamic religious spaces all underscore the scholarly contribution of this two-volume set. By including such a range of buildings examined, by a large number of scholars from various backgrounds, the compendium effectively recasts the direction of scholarship in this field in a manner that is neither linear or hierarchical.This two-volume set includes 58 essays on a range of regionally-specific examples of architecture from the Islamic world. The first volume of The Religious Architecture of Islam focusses on Asia and Australia, and the second volume focusses on Africa, Europe and the Americas. The volumes are organized in a non-chronological manner, with essays grouped by geographical region covering materials directly related the understanding of religious architecture of Islam.In Volume I, there are four sections with a total of 32 essays written by 29 different scholars. The four sections are: Background themes, West and Central Asia, South and East Asia and Australia.In Volume II, there are four sections with a total of 26 essays written by 20 different scholars. The four sections are: Al-Andalus and the Maghrib, Africa and Sicily, Europe and the Americas.
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Klimkina, Tatiana V. "The Modern Religious architecture and monumental painting: synthesis (on the example of Russia and the Republic of Mordovia)." Finno-Ugric World 10, no. 4 (December 24, 2018): 88–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.15507/2076-2577.010.2018.04.088-097.
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Currently in Russia the development of church architecture poses many problems associated with the revival of the national school of monumental religious painting. The article analyzes the main features of the development of monumental decoration of church buildings. It also emphasizes importance of an integrated approach to the solution of the architectural and artistic ensemble of the cult construction. The synthesis of national religious architecture and monumental church painting is the object of research and its features аt the present stage is the subject. The goal of the article is the identification of the main tendencies of integrated approach to the religious architecture, both for Russia and the Republic of Mordovia. The empirical material of the work is the religious architecture and monumental church painting of Russia and the Republic of Mordovia. The research is based on observation, descriptive and comparative methods of analysis. The article is based on the published research on the church art of Russia and the Republic of Mordovia. The turn of the 21st century represents the active practice of creating a modern church decor. This is characterized by a complex multistage process of collective creativity, characterized by specific architectural environment of the building, development of the design of the decor and the means of monumental painting. The turn of the 21st century represents a new step in the development of religious architecture and monumental painting in Russia. It makes a conclusion that at the turn of the century the use of the artistic experience of the past is the leading tendency in the development of modern monumental church painting. The necessity of achieving the synthesis of the architectural building and its monumental and decorative solution is empasized.
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Ro, Brandon Richard. "Blending the Subjective and Objective Realms of Sacred Architecture at the Pantheon: Creating a Comparative Framework for Evaluating Transformative Experiences in Ritual Contexts." Religions 13, no. 1 (January 14, 2022): 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel13010075.
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This paper seeks to create a comparative framework for evaluating transformative experiences for different types of ritual contexts found in sacred architecture by bridging the gap between the phenomenology of human experience and architecture’s built conditions. The methodology creates a framework for statistical analysis, whereby evidence of people’s actual (i.e., real, lived) “subjective” experiences can be evaluated against the “objective” architectural conditions. The comparative framework is put to the test by comparing the experiential and environmental conditions found at the Pantheon in Rome. Experiential data for the Pantheon is extracted from Julio Bermudez’s large survey database (N = 2872) of “extraordinary architectural experiences” for this study. This data is compared against “objective” graphical architecture analysis using Lindsay Jones’ “morphology of ritual-architectural priorities” with a specific focus on ritual contexts. The quantitative and qualitative data reveals that the Pantheon produces transformative experiences for visitors that are related to the expected outcomes of specific design features. The percentages from the “objective” and “subjective” analysis both rank the priorities of theatre, contemplation, and sanctuary in the same order. This study concludes that built environments possessing a higher presence and quality of “ritual-architectural priorities” are more likely to be perceived as sacred and produce transformative experiences.
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Oržikauskas, Gytis. "SPATIAL NARRATIVE AS FEATURE OF SINGULARITY IN SACRAL ARCHITECTURE / ERDVĖS NARATYVAS FORMUOJANT SAKRALINĖS ARCHITEKTŪROS SAVASTĮ." Mokslas – Lietuvos ateitis 6, no. 3 (May 22, 2014): 263–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/mla.2014.38.
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The paper analyses architectural compositions of various religious complexes – historical and contemporary – apart from their stylistic features. The most prominent ensembles under analysis have one noticeably common feature – spatial narrative. The foreseen sequence of forms of experience and spatial structure tell different religious narratives depending on which different aspects of faith were actualized in a given period. The analyzed examples stand in proof that suggestibility of religious aspects in sacral architecture are inseparable from their artistic suggestibility aspects. In some cases, these aspects are less related to architectural stylistic means, but have a direct connection to such components of architectural compositions as foreseen sequence of a visitor’s experience and semantics of particular forms, i.e. architectural narrative, which is achieved not only through the means of perception of space, but also by the relationship to social and cultural meanings and subtext of architecture. Straipsnyje aptariama įvairių religinės architektūros kompleksų – istorinių ir šiuolaikinių – kompozicija atsietai nuo jų stilistinių bruožų. Pasirinkti būdingieji žinomiausi įvairių laikotarpių ansambliai pasižymi viena kompozicine ypatybe – erdvės naratyvu. Numatyta formų patyrimo seka, erdvės sandara pasakoja skirtingą religinį pasakojimą, priklausomai nuo to, kokie tikėjimo aspektai buvo aktualizuoti konkrečiu metu. Analizuojami pavyzdžiai įrodo, kad religinių aspektų įtaigumas sakralinėje architektūroje yra neatsiejamas nuo meninės įtaigos aspektų. Kita vertus, tam tikrais atvejais šie aspektai yra mažiau susiję su stilistinėmis architektūros priemonėmis, bet turi tiesioginį ryšį su tokiomis kompozicinėmis priemonėmis, kaip numatyta lankytojo patyrimo seka ir formų semantika, t. y. erdvės naratyvo, kuriamo ne tik erdvės percepcijos priemonėmis, bet ir santykiu su socialinėmis ir kultūrinėmis reikšmėmis.
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Jain, Unnati. "Unveiling the Architectural Heritage of Gujarat from 600-1700 CE." INTERANTIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 08, no. 06 (June 20, 2024): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.55041/ijsrem35733.
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Gujarat's architecture is rich in cultural diversity & iconicity. Through this research, we will understand the evolution of Gujrat’s architecture from (600 CE to 1700 CE). It reveals the cultural and historical influence in molding the traditional architectural styles and techniques of Gujrat. This era reveals architectural marvels that symbolize prestige, religious fervors, and power. The influence of Jain, Hindu, Islamic, and Buddhist architectural elements highlights the diverse cultural heritage of Gujarat. Understanding Gujarat's cultural identity and preserving this architectural legacy are important. Key Words: Architectural Heritage, Cultural Identity, Medieval Period, Indo-Islamic Architecture
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Mamiev, Mikhail E. "The Model of the World in the Architecture of the Nuzal Temple." Vestnik of North Ossetian State University, no. 4 (December 25, 2022): 75–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.29025/1994-7720-2022-4-75-83.
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The article is devoted to the identification of a three-level Indo-Iranian model of the world in the architecture of the Nuzal temple. This corresponds to the theory of three functions formulated by J. Dumisil for Indo-European and, already, Indo-Iranian society and confirmed by researchers in the most important spheres of Scythian-Alan culture. Unfortunately, the semantics of the Alanian religious architecture remains unexplored, so the article attempts to consider it on the example of the medieval Nuzal Church – a reference temple that has great historical significance and carries architectural and semantic features of the widest range of monuments of the Alanian religious tradition. The architecture of the monument is considered from the point of view of religious symbolism, which is the basis of church architecture. The complex symbolism of the Orthodox church involves a comprehensive consideration of its constituent elements. In our case, we are talking about the architectural appearance, fresco painting and funerary character of the Nuzal church. As a result of the conducted research, following the social structure of society, mythology, traditional worship, choreography, heraldry, the concept of ternarity manifested itself in religious architecture. The architecture of the temple contains the idea of a three–level universe, a World Mountain – with divine, human and chthonic spheres that correspond to three social functions – religious (judicial), military and productive. The tribe of Tsarazonta, which owned the Nuzal cemetery, was in the paradigm of this three-functional system. The conclusions drawn seem to be quite justified, since the historical immutability of the idea of an ideal social structure reproducing the three-part structure of the universe traditionally had the character of a worldview axiom for the Scythian-Alanian culture.
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Erarslan, Alev. "Reflections of the Ottoman Period of Westernization in Religious Architecture: Facade Arrangement of the Balyan Mosques." Journal of Islamic Architecture 7, no. 3 (June 28, 2023): 518–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/jia.v7i3.20630.
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The conceptualization of Western architecture became a prominent force in Ottoman architecture with the advent of the period of westernization that started at the beginning of the eighteenth century during the Tulip Era (1718-1730). The most important cultural dynamic that changed the course of Ottoman architecture was the imported architectural styles that originated in Europe. Welcoming the western influence became a state policy that persevered throughout the nineteenth century. In this century, the western-based architectural perspective of the Armenian-Ottoman Balyan Family came to the forefront. The Balyan Family of architects created an original architectural language by blending the elements of western and traditional architecture, justifiably imprinting their stamp on the Ottoman architecture of the nineteenth century. While predominantly producing civil and official buildings, the Balyan Family's mosques also stood out in this period with their new design features. This article seeks to present and analyze the arrangements and elements of the facades of eight mosques built by the Balyan Family in the 19th century, namely the Büyük Mecidiye Mosque, Küçük Mecidiye Mosque, Dolmabahçe Mosque, Nusretiye Mosque, Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque, Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque, Teşvikiye Mosque, and Sadabad Mosque.
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Begchin, D. A. "Vectors of Explanation of Religious Architecture in the Optics of the Psychology of Religion." Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies 41 (2022): 89–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2022.41.89.
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In this research paper was implemented a search for general philosophical and scientific principles and possibilities of the study of religious architecture in the optics of the psychology of religion. For this purpose were involved the achievements of M.R. Savchenko in the field of architectural ontology and functional methodology. It was shown that the study of architecture from the position of psychology of religion should pursue psychological explanation of the need for religious architecture for the preservation (survival, spread, development) of ritual and religion. This type of explanation is possible on the basis of a functional methodology that allows the study of architectural processes that cannot be reduced to the cultural processes of understanding, interpretation of communication. It was shown that the study of architecture from the point of view of the psychology of religion is possible in the light of the theories of contemporary evolutionary psychology, Jungian psychoanalysis, as well as the psychology of visual perception. If we use the theories from these strands of psychology, we can argue that certain processes and properties of religious architecture do not belong to cultural processes or properties of cultural institutions, but nevertheless they affect culture, contribute to the preservation of ritual and provides the psychotherapeutic, compensatory and adaptive functions of religion.
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Taha, Ahmed Abdulwahid Dhannoon, Oday Qusay Abdulqader Alchalabi, and Amer Abdullah Alazawi. "The Dazzling in Islamic Architecture." Journal of Islamic Architecture 8, no. 1 (June 20, 2024): 234–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/jia.v8i1.23594.
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Buildings in Islamic architecture are distinguished by dazzling features in general, especially religious buildings such as mosques, schools, and shrines. The literature could not find a clear identification of reaching the dazzling concept. Moreover, researchers in the Islamic architecture discipline did not focus on determining sufficient knowledge of the design methods of applying the dazzling approach in Islamic architecture, and they did not clarify a specific detailed vocabulary of Islamic dazzling concepts. However, the problem of the study was identified by observing the literature and buildings. Therefore, the formulated question encompasses “the unclear knowledge of applying designing procedure of dazzling characteristics in Islamic Architecture buildings.” The study raised an important question: “What is the design methodology of dazzling features in religious buildings within Islamic Architecture.” The study aims to identify the practical design elements, principles, and rules of the dazzling characteristics in religious buildings in Islamic architecture to draw out a guideline that designers can apply in contemporary Islamic Architecture. The theoretical framework of the dazzling concept was constructed to achieve this aim, with variables and sub-variables highlighted to identify the design methodology that can actualize dazzling concept in Islamic architecture by reviewing previous studies. The abstracted variables used in designing the checklist were applied to analyze the cases formally. Selecting cases from religious buildings from Islamic style depends on specific criteria. However, the results analyzed statically showed that dazzling concept in Islamic architecture applied in five major levels (structure, form, architectural elements, interior space, and ornamentation) with seven main principles (richness, exaggeration, uniqueness, complexity, proportion, and ambiguity). Richness is the most affected factor in applying clear dazzling concept, while exaggeration and uniqueness are second-rated factors that can impact the value. Dazzling concept is an essential characteristic that designers should apply in contemporary Islamic architecture.
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Alireza Mohamadi. "The effect of religious values in the formation of spaces in Islamic architecture of Iran." Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances 15, no. 3 (June 30, 2023): 111–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.30574/gjeta.2023.15.3.0108.
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In any society governed by religion, each activity performed in the society is closely associated with religious factors. In an Islamic society where Islam is the basis for the elements of the society, various arts including architecture are the most important manifestations of Islamic principles. After emergence of Islam in Iran and introducing the Islamic worldview to Iranians, it changed the Iranians' way of thinking and beliefs. This worldview affected Iranian architecture in constructing different buildings such as mosques, houses, tekye, caravanserai, and other buildings based on Islamic theoretical foundations. Different parts of these places, such as the dome, minaret, entrance, vestibule, and other parts, were built according to Islamic principles and foundations and formed an architectural style that is currently known as the Islamic architecture of Iran. This style, like other existing architectural styles, has been influenced by local and historical characteristics and is considered one of the most important and successful Islamic schools. The investigation of architectural principles in different Islamic buildings, including the meanings of dome, hijab, mihrab, and aesthetics in Islamic architecture of Iran was the purpose of the present study. The study sought to examine the principles formed based on religion in the Islamic architecture of Iran. The results indicated that the Islamic spaces of Iran were built based on Islamic religious values.
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Wu, Changzhi, and O. Olenina. "COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE OF CHINA AND WESTERN EUROPE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES." Municipal economy of cities 3, no. 170 (June 24, 2022): 128–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.33042/2522-1809-2022-3-170-128-133.
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The purpose of the article is to study the temple architecture of China and Western Europe during the Middle Ages in order to build a table of affinities and differences. Object of research: religious buildings of China and Western Europe of the Middle Ages. Subject of research: similarities and differences of architectural structures of two religions. The article describes that one of the factors in the development of China's unique culture was the country's long-term territorial isolation from the world, which provided an opportunity for original development. Today, taking into account globalization in the socio-cultural life of society, there is a problem of self-identification of polar world cultures, in order to preserve the idea of the world structure of individual nations. It is spiritual and philosophical life that fundamentally affects the architectural structure of temple complexes, changing and developing it according to religious canons. For this purpose, an in-depth analysis of the differences in temple architecture was made on the example of a separate time period – the Middle Ages, in order to identify fundamental differences in culture, self-identification, and theoretical and practical approaches to the formation of temple complexes. All distinctions and affinities were systematized according to criteria and formed into a table. The conclusions state that the main differences between the medieval temple architecture of China and Western Europe lie in the opposite worldview through the prism of culture and attitude to the surrounding environment. It is thanks to these moments that the structural diversity of the architecture of the temples is reflected. Based on this, the conclusion table 1 was built, in which the evaluation according to various criteria is demonstrated. Due to China's isolation from world architectural trends and adherence to its own philosophical ideas, its architecture has become original and unique. And the system of tectonic structures is a unique and authentic manifestation of the spirit of Chinese natural philosophy. The conclusions of this study can be used in the study of the degree of stylistic globalization in modern Chinese architecture.
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Yu, Shuishan. "The Translation of Buddhism in the Funeral Architecture of Medieval China." Religions 12, no. 9 (August 27, 2021): 690. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel12090690.
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This article explores the Buddhist ritual and architectural conventions that were incorporated into the Chinese funeral architecture during the medieval period from the 3rd to the 13th centuries. A careful observation of some key types of sacred architectural forms from ancient East Asia, for instance, pagoda, lingtai, and hunping, reviews fundamental similarities in their form and structure. Applying translation theory rather than the influence and Sinicization model to analyze the impact of Buddhism on Chinese funeral architecture, this article offers a comparative study of the historical contexts from which certain architectural types and imageries were produced. It argues that there was an intertwined mutual translation of formal and ritual conventions between Buddhist and Chinese funeral architecture, which had played a significant role in the formations of both architectural traditions in Medieval China.
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Kilde, Jeanne Halgren. "Creating the Multifaith Chapel, 1938–1955: Architecture and the Changing Understanding of “Religion”." Religions 15, no. 3 (February 23, 2024): 275. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel15030275.
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Interfaith or multifaith chapels are so ubiquitous now in the United States—present in colleges and universities, hospitals, shopping malls, and airports—that their development as a distinct architectural form is often taken for granted. Yet that development in the mid-twentieth century was complex and even fraught. Taking a religious studies approach, this article examines the development of three early examples—the Chapel of the Four Chaplains, the Brandeis University chapels, and the MIT Chapel—to reveal the gradual movement, conceptual and architectural, toward a viable space serving many religions. While the former two examples proved unsuccessful in their goal of establishing a shared interfaith space due to their reliance on an understanding of religion as discrete traditions that resulted in exclusivist incompatibilities, the latter example moved beyond the emphasis on traditions to advance an unconventional, phenomenological understanding of religion as individual experience and spiritual life, and by doing so successfully achieved the goal of creating a space amenable to practitioners of many traditions, or none. Further, this article demonstrates how architecture functioned as a constitutive component in the developmental and popularization of this fresh understanding of religion and religious experience.
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Benkari, Naima. "THE FORMATION AND INFLUENCE OF THE MILITARY ARCHITECTURE IN OMAN DURING AL-YA'ARIBA PERIOD (1034-1162 AH/1624–1749 AD)." Journal of Islamic Architecture 6, no. 4 (December 26, 2021): 217–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/jia.v6i4.12104.
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Despite its richness, the research corpus published about Islamic architecture presents some discontinuities in the knowledge of the architecture in the lands ruled by Muslims. Similarly, the dynamics of influence that might have operated between the "monumental" architecture in these lands and their popular architectures are insufficiently addressed. Moreover, the material culture related to the Islamic civilization is almost exclusively studied as a product that has stopped evolving. The architecture produced during Al-Ya'ariba (Al- Ya'rubi) Imamate (1624-1749) is an instance of these understudied topics in the history of Islamic architecture. This research argues that Al-Ya'rubi Imamate is not only an important chapter in the history of Oman, the Arabian Peninsula, Indian Ocean, and Eastern Africa, but also the architecture of this period has created the identity of Omani architecture as we know it today. Nonetheless, there is no architectural production in this era both in the major references and scientific publications of Islamic architecture in the 17th and 18th centuries. Through field research, comparative analysis, and literature review of the history of Omani architecture, especially in the 17th -18th centuries, this research examines the military architecture in Oman during Al-Ya'ariba Imamate including its reference, and its influence on other architectures. It is a contribution to the scientific endeavour to address this specific architectural typology from the perspective of its mechanism of (trans) formation and its continuity of forms until the contemporary architecture of Oman.
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Akhter, Nasrin, Ar Sazzadur Rasheed, and Mian Md Jawad Ibne Iqbal. "Terracotta to Terraces: Tracing the Unique Temple Architecture of Bengal." Journal of Recent Activities in Architectural Sciences 9, no. 1 (June 1, 2024): 24–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.46610/joraas.2024.v09i01.004.
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This paper explores the diverse architectural styles of temple construction in Bengal from the 9th to the 19th centuries. Through a detailed examination of structural variations and decorations, the study highlights how the intermingling of Hindu, Islamic, and later European influences shaped the distinctive temple architecture in this region. The research uses architectural analysis and historical texts to identify key styles, such as the 'do-chala' and 'char-chala' huts, alongside the more ornate 'Ratna' and 'naba-ratna' structures. These styles reflect the religious and cultural synthesis and the geographical and material constraints influencing temple architecture in Bengal. The findings underscore the role of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and regional patronage in fostering a unique architectural heritage characterized by its terracotta embellishments and innovative structural forms. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of South Asian architectural diversity and its socio-religious contexts, offering insights into the region's broader patterns of cultural interchange.
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Li, Xinyu, and Jian Tang. "The Comparative Analysis of the Styles of Christian Churches in Modern Mainland China, Macau and Hong Kong." E3S Web of Conferences 283 (2021): 02017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202128302017.
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Chinese Christian (Catholic) architecture is not only an important type of religious architecture, but also an important witness of cultural exchanges between China and the West. This article comprehensively summarizes the architectural styles of Christian (Catholic) churches in modern mainland China, Macau and Hong Kong, and compares the differences in the main styles of their churches horizontally. Based on the data results, a comprehensive analysis of various factors such as age, region, religion, and society is carried out to further explore the reasons for the differences in the architectural styles of Christian churches in the three regions, and discover the historical and religious significance of the Christian churches in modern China.
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Solovyov, Kirill A. "On the History of the Development of Daylighting and Light-Conducting Systems in the History of Architecture." Issue 01-2024, no. 01-2024 (February 2024): 100–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.33383/2023-068.
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The history of the development of human civilization shows us how the use of daylighting could influence the development of world architecture. In the article, the author tried to show how in different eras daylight influenced not only civil architecture, but also how light became an important sacred component of religious architecture. The article examines the influence of daylight on architecture throughout history, in certain historical periods and architectural techniques using daylighting.
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Abu-Hussein, Mohammed. "The Genesis of Schools and its Architecture in The Arab-Islamic Civilization." Academic Perspective Procedia 1, no. 1 (November 9, 2018): 1232–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.33793/acperpro.01.01.194.
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This research aims to determine the genesis of the schools in the Arab Islamic civilizations and how the educational function has separated from the mosque. Also highlighted the historical, religious, architectural conditions that led to school's emergence. Then, aims to study the different architectural styles of schools across the whole region of Islamic world through studying the architectural plans and forms in order to understand the functions of the spaces and the multi-functional spaces feature. In addition to present an understanding vision for the educational system and discuss its religious specialist , and give a definition for the educational role of the mosque and the continuity of this role in the light of having a new building for education. Though, mention the architectural roots which have various design styles and forms such as residential , religious or the charitable building, even the defensible architectural building like (fortresses,ribat). The conclusion for this research was oriented toward the architecture of school from the functional, the structural wise and discussing its architectural elements to show the aesthetical and artistic value for this architecture and discuss its major role in the urban fabric which is the most important goal for the research.
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Sugata, Ferlina, and Venny. "Study of typology and morphology of stupa variety at the Padepokan Dhammadipa Arama in Malang, East Java." SMARATUNGGA: JURNAL OF EDUCATION AND BUDDHIST STUDIES 1, no. 2 (December 30, 2021): 23–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.53417/sjebs.v1i2.53.
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Religious people generally have a symbol of respect to worship the greatness of role models in their respective religions. This is motivated by different traditions, history, locations, and developments of religion and worship activities that affect the emergence of various types and forms of worship. One of them is a building named stupa. The stupa building as a means of worship accommodates worship activities in Buddhism. The stupa also functions as an object of respect in implementing worship. Padepokan Dhammadipa Ārāma's premises in Malang are architectural stupas buildings similar to the Patirupaka Stupa Shwedagon in Myanmar. Therefore, this study aims to determine the extent to which this replication process occurs in terms of typological and morphological studies, to analyze typology by classifying stupas based on the types of stupas in the world where each culture has its characteristics, and to analyze morphology based on the level of change and tendency of change. The method of this study is a qualitative study with a rationalistic approach. The study results are tabulations of typology and morphology of stupa architecture as a guide for the types and forms of stupa architecture, contributing to the science of Buddhist religious architecture in the Indonesian Archipelago.
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Major, Róbert, and Balázs Kósa. "Religious Architecture in Pécs during the Period of Ottoman Hungary." Műszaki Tudományos Közlemények 11, no. 1 (October 1, 2019): 133–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.33894/mtk-2019.11.29.
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Abstract In today’s increased pace of life there are some things with incomparable meanings that we are getting too used to. Because of this, architects today play a very big role in the defense of the legacy of our architecture. It is our duty and responsibility to keep defending this legacy, but not stop at just the level of simple preservation. The city of Pécs is filled with architectural remains from different time periods, but most of all buildings from the era of Ottoman Hungary. This architectural heritage was left from one of the bloodiest time periods from the history of our country, and it has become a symbol for the city. In the shadow of the Ottoman Empire, Pécs became an important trading and cultural center, being a bridge between east and west, north and south. While some of the buildings left from this era were brought to public awareness, a lot of them were forgotten, and only a few people know about the architectural treasures the city holds. In this paper I would like to highlight some of the forgotten Ottoman heritage, focusing on the religious buildings. As a conclusion to this paper, I would like to present an architectural plan to bring attention to these buildings.