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China's sacred sites / by Nan, Shun-xun,1934-(CARDINAL)480770; Foit-Albert, Beverly,1938-(CARDINAL)480771;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-254) and index.Foreword / Kenneth Frampton -- Part I. Mountainscape culture and architecture : The silent music of architecture / Bonnie Foit-Albert -- Mountainscape culture and feng shui / Nan Shun-xun -- Geography and building layout / Nan Shun-Xun -- Architectural elements / Nan Shun-Xun -- Part II. Selected sites : Spacious summits : Mount Tai, the first mountain ; Mount Dochuan, aloof from the world ; Xiaoxitian, metaphor of the phoenix ; Mount Jin, wrapped in temples ; Dongyue Temple, the interplay of yin & yang ; Mount Wutai, five terrace peaks ; Mount Tiantai, the Fortress temple -- Cliff Structures : Xuankong, suspended temple ; Shibaozai, a path within a tower ; Longmen Dong, a ladder to heaven ; Yungang Grotto, structures in the stone ; North Mount Heng, both hidden and exposed ; Gongxian, the suspended coffins of the Bo ; Qinglong Dong, a unique meeting ground ; Mount Cang, the hidden mountain memorial -- Cave sites : Mount North Yandang, the search for deep awakening ; Ganlu, a temple on a pillar ; South Mount Yandang, lions frolicking with a ball ; Wufeng Academy, primitive simplicity ; Tianshui, the immortals' cliff ; Baofuyan, a grand open cavern ; Fangguangyan, borrowing heaven and earth ; Changyu Dongtian, quarry cave heaven -- Mountainside temples : Mount Kongtong, thunder sound peak ; Mount Qingcheng, green city mountain ; Erfo Temple, an entrance from above ; Mount Cangyan, temple on a bridge ; Mount Wudang, the nine curves wall ; Dazu Grotto, eaves on a cliff ; Erwang Memorial, a shifting axis ; Feiyunyan, building into rock -- Mountain Villages : Baoshan, a village on a rock ; Xijiang, a thousand family village ; Ganbao, stone terrace houses ; Xituo, ladder street ; Wuzheng, a loess cave village -- Riverside and lake sites : Fulong Guan, an irrigation memorial ; Leshan, a grand Buddha where rivers meet ; Jiaxian, the incense burner temple ; Yenshui Pavilion, a poetic lakeside courtyard ; East Lake, a small scenic quarry -- Location of sites -- Glossary -- Timeline of Chinese dynasties."Examines how Chinese mountainscape culture merges architecture and nature by documenting over 50 ancient architectural and environmental sites, and featuring over 250 photographs and 100 architectural drawings. Provides overview of traditional Chinese philosophies of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, and explains the historical roots of feng shui, yin and yang, and chi"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Buddhist temples; Taoist temples; Hillside architecture; Vernacular architecture; Spirituality in architecture.;
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Spiritual path, sacred place : myth, ritual, and meaning in architecture / by Barrie, Thomas.(CARDINAL)392483;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-276) and index.
Subjects: Church architecture.;
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Push me, pull you : physical and spatial interaction in late medieval and Renaissance art / by Blick, Sarah,editor.(CARDINAL)783086; Gelfand, Laura Deborah,editor.(CARDINAL)783085;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Christian art and symbolism; Christian art and symbolism; Spirituality in architecture; Spirituality in art.;
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Exploring ancient China / by Herron, Pamela,author.(CARDINAL)614611;
"Examines the rise and fall of the ancient Chinese. Readers will come away with a comprehensive understanding of who the ancient Chinese were, how they built their empire, and what happened to their civilization"--Provided by publisher.Grades 4 to 6.Includes bibliographical references and index.China--the oldest ancient civilization in the world -- Architecture in China -- Government of China -- Chinese religion and spiritual thought -- Chinese afterlife -- Agriculture and trade -- Family and social life -- Language and arts -- Science and innovation -- China's legacy to the world -- Fall...and rise -- Culture.850L
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The architecture of all abundance : creating a successful life in the material world / by Carroll, Lenedra J.(CARDINAL)665789;
Subjects: Spiritual life.;
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Diving in the spirit / by Knott, Robert.(CARDINAL)269430; Wake Forest University.Fine Arts Gallery.(CARDINAL)226939; Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture.(CARDINAL)173630;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Biographies.; Exhibition catalogs.; African American artists; African American art; Art, American; Spirituality in art.;
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Nobody's mother : Artemis of the Ephesians in antiquity and the New Testament / by Glahn, Sandra,1958-author.(CARDINAL)637565;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-177) and indexes.Why take a fresh look? -- The story of Ephesus in stone and scripture -- Artemis in the literary sources -- Artemis in the epigraphic sources -- Artemis in architecture and art -- Saved through childbearing."Does "saved through childbearing" in 1 Timothy 2:15 mean that women are slated primarily for rearing children? Sandra Glahn thinks that we have misunderstood Paul and the context to which he wrote. Combining spiritual autobiography with new research on the Greek goddess Artemis, Glahn lays a biblical foundation for God's view of women"--
Subjects: Artemis (Greek deity); Bible.; Bible; Childlessness in the Bible.; Motherhood; Women in the Bible.; Motherhood.;
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God, medicine & miracles : the spiritual factor in healing / by Fountain, Daniel E.(CARDINAL)741265;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-265).
Subjects: Healing; Medicine;
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The sabbath : its meaning for modern man / by Heschel, Abraham Joshua,1907-1972.(CARDINAL)144722;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-118).Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabbath has been hailed as a classic of Jewish spirituality ever since its original publication-and has been read by thousands of people seeking meaning in modern life. In this brief yet profound meditation on the meaning of the Seventh Day, Heschel introduced the idea of an "architecture of holiness" that appears not in space but in time. Judaism, he argues, is a religion of time: it finds meaning not in space and the material things that fill it but in time and the eternity that imbues it, so that "the Sabbaths are our great cathedrals."
Subjects: Sabbath.;
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A history of architecture in 100 buildings / by Cruickshank, Dan,author.(CARDINAL)744160;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-340) and index.Architecture is an all-embracing adventure without end. It is a story that can never be completed - not as long as mankind continues to build, to invent, to discover; it is the story told in this book. The history of architecture is also a history of many other things - of politics, economy, religion, of science, ecology and of art and culture generally - and so is essentially a history of the world. For architecture - in its forms and functions - is a very direct mirror of mankind's desires, concerns and aspirations. Journeying across the world, from Syria to Shrewsbury, Sudan to Southern Spain, Dan Cruickshank explores man's most impressive creations. Not only the bastions of defense and aggression; homes for the gods and the dead; temples of commerce and the arts; palaces to express taste, power and wealth; and shrines of science, of learning, knowledge and politics - but also of mammon and of physical and spiritual oppression and incarceration. Can an ignoble cause create great architecture, can a prison be a thing of beauty as well as of power? These are perennial philosophical questions this book seeks to answer. Ingeniously structured by theme, this book surveys civilization through the pioneers, visionaries, follies, ancients, rhetoric, scale, survivals and revivals of its greatest constructions. Together, the stories in this beautifully illustrated book offer a stupendous global cultural history - a history that is full of mystery and ripe for rediscovery.
Subjects: Architecture; Historic buildings.; Buildings.;
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