Gordon Strachan

Chartres: Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores the magnificent structure of Chartres Cathedral, suggesting its origins lie in Islamic architecture. Also explores how a particular building or space affects us spiritually.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Floris Books
• Seitenzahl: 111
• Erscheinungstermin: Juli 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9780863153914
• ISBN-10: 0863153917
• Artikelnr.: 22444695

Autorenporträt

Gordon Strachan (1934-2010) was a lecturer, church minister and independent thinker. He is the author of six books: The Pentecostal Theology of Edward Irving; Christ and the Cosmos (later republished as The Bible's Hidden Cosmology); Jesus the Master Builder; Chartres: Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space; The Return of Merlin; and Prophets of Nature.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Islamic Origin of the Pointed Arch 2. Abbot Suger and
the Historical Debate 3. St Bernard and the Early Gothic Plan 4. Of Cubes
and Ka¿aba 5. The Plan of Chartres 6. Dionysius the Areopagite and the
Unknown God 7. St Denis, Chartres and the Darkness of God Endnotes &
Bibliography