Sacred Gardens and Landscapes - Ritual and Agency V26
Studies of rituals in sacred gardens and landscapes offer tantalizing insights into the significance of gardens and landscapes in the societies of India, ancient Greece, Pre-Columbian Mexico, medieval Japan, post-Renaissance Europe, and America. Sacred gardens and landscapes engaged their visitors into three specific modes of agency: as anterooms spurring encounters with the netherworld; as journeys through mystical lands; and as a means of establishing a sense of locality, metaphorically rooting the dweller's own identity in a well-defined part of the material world. Each section of this book is devoted to one of these forms of agency. Toget…
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Weitere Autoren: Bernal-garcia, Maria Elena / Bonnechere, Pierre / Bonnemaison, Sarah / Calame, Claude
- ISBN: 978-0-88402-305-0
- EAN: 9780884023050
- Produktnummer: 18188270
- Verlag: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 306 S.
- Masse: H26.6 cm x B24.0 cm x D3.1 cm 1'504 g
- Abbildungen: 210 b/w photos
- Gewicht: 1504
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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