Visual constructs of Jerusalem
This volume marks a turning point in demonstrating the visuality of Jerusalem as a rich reservoir of sources and insights in dialogue with other disciplines. The special position of Jerusalem among the cities of the world stems from a long history shared by the three Abrahamic religions, and the bel...
| Published in: | Cultural encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Turnhout
Brepols
[2014]
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Cultural encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (volume 18)
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Cultural encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
volume 18 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Palestine
/ Jerusalem (Motif)
/ Holy Sepulchre
/ Heavenly Jerusalem
/ Map
B Jerusalem / Cultural exchange / Judaism / Christianity / Islam / Art / History 400-1500 B Jerusalem / Judaism / Christianity / Islam / Art / Cultural exchange / History 400-1500 |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Conference program 2010 (Jerusalem) |
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| Summary: | This volume marks a turning point in demonstrating the visuality of Jerusalem as a rich reservoir of sources and insights in dialogue with other disciplines. The special position of Jerusalem among the cities of the world stems from a long history shared by the three Abrahamic religions, and the belief that the city reflected a heavenly counterpart. Because of this unique combination, Jerusalem is generally seen as extending along a vertical axis stretching between past, present, and future. However, through its many ‘earthly’ representations, Jerusalem has an equally important horizontal dimension: it is represented elsewhere in all media, from two-dimensional maps to monumental renderings of the architecture and topography of the city’s loca sancta. In documenting the increasing emphasis on studying the earthly proliferations of the city, the current book witnesses a shift in theoretical and methodological insights since the publication of The Real and Ideal Jerusalem in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Art in 1998. Its main focus is on European translations of Jerusalem in images, objects, places, and spaces that evoke the city through some physical similarity or by denomination and cult - all visual and material aids to commemoration and worship from afar. The book discusses both well-known and long-neglected examples, the forms of cult they generate and the virtual pilgrimages they serve, and calls attention to their written and visual equivalents and companions. In so doing, it opens a whole new vista onto the summa of representations of Jerusalem. |
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| Item Description: | "This volume grew out of the conference "Visual Constructs of Jerusalem" that took place in Jerusalem on 14-20 November 2010, ..." - Seite xxxi |
| ISBN: | 2503551041 |