From Synagogue to Church: The Traditional Design
Title | From Synagogue to Church: The Traditional Design PDF eBook |
Author | John Wilkinson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2014-04-04 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1317832426 |
The designs of synagogues and churches are acknowledged to be very alike. But the designers' procedure was confidential, and so far standard explanations have been unsatisfactory. A synagogue should express heavenly values with earthly materials. This combination was in fact expressed in numbers, for, as Plato said, they linked heaven and earth. Scripture described both the Jewish Tabernacle and Temple with a wealth of numbers. Proportions based on these numbers were used to design synagogues. Only a few Jewish documents survive, but they reveal a symbolism, which Christians sometimes repeat. The synagogue sanctuary was designed to contain the 'Holy Ark', and the mosaic floors reveal the point 'Before the Ark' for the prayers and readings. These places faced each other, with the idea that God was facing his people. The synagogue was seen as facing heaven and in church buildings Christians repeated the same proportions. This was a joint tradition among Jews and Christians. It was easy to design, was carried out secretly and accurately, and - without a computer - was extremely hard to unravel. This book, for the first time, does just that.
From Synagogue to Church
Title | From Synagogue to Church PDF eBook |
Author | John Wilkinson |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Electronic book |
ISBN |
From Synagogue to Church: The Traditional Design
Title | From Synagogue to Church: The Traditional Design PDF eBook |
Author | John Wilkinson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2014-04-04 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1317832434 |
The designs of synagogues and churches are acknowledged to be very alike. But the designers' procedure was confidential, and so far standard explanations have been unsatisfactory. A synagogue should express heavenly values with earthly materials. This combination was in fact expressed in numbers, for, as Plato said, they linked heaven and earth. Scripture described both the Jewish Tabernacle and Temple with a wealth of numbers. Proportions based on these numbers were used to design synagogues. Only a few Jewish documents survive, but they reveal a symbolism, which Christians sometimes repeat. The synagogue sanctuary was designed to contain the 'Holy Ark', and the mosaic floors reveal the point 'Before the Ark' for the prayers and readings. These places faced each other, with the idea that God was facing his people. The synagogue was seen as facing heaven and in church buildings Christians repeated the same proportions. This was a joint tradition among Jews and Christians. It was easy to design, was carried out secretly and accurately, and - without a computer - was extremely hard to unravel. This book, for the first time, does just that.
From Synagogue to Church
Title | From Synagogue to Church PDF eBook |
Author | John Donald Wilkinson (Révérend).) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Church architecture |
ISBN | 9780700713202 |
Synagogue Architecture in America
Title | Synagogue Architecture in America PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Stolzman |
Publisher | Images Publishing |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9781864700749 |
This full colour publication explores the rich and diverse response to the quest to sustain the Hebrew heritage that has resulted in prominent designs.
Jews and the Renaissance of Synagogue Architecture, 1450–1730
Title | Jews and the Renaissance of Synagogue Architecture, 1450–1730 PDF eBook |
Author | Barry L. Stiefel |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2015-10-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317320328 |
Before the mid-fifteenth century, the Christian and Islamic governments of Europe had restricted the architecture and design of synagogues and often prevented Jews from becoming architects. Stiefel presents a study of the material culture and religious architecture that this era produced.
American Synagogues
Title | American Synagogues PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Gruber |
Publisher | Rizzoli International Publications |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
American Synagogues is the first book to explore the exceptional architecture of modern American synagogues in the twentieth century, and this intriguing book relates the fascinating history of the Jewish people in America and how it is expressed in twentieth-century synagogue design. The book features all new photography of synagogues in many styles from a dozen states, many never before published in any form. The synagogues were designed by European masters, the best-known modern American architects, and by important contemporary architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, Philip Johnson, and Minoru Yamasaki.