Saint Architecture as Transmission from Architect’s Praxis to Theory according to Oriental Tradition Cover Image

L’architettura sacra come il passaggio dal praxis alla theoria dell’architetto secondo la tradizione orientale
Saint Architecture as Transmission from Architect’s Praxis to Theory according to Oriental Tradition

Author(s): Radosław Kimsza
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: christian asceticism;sacred architecture; prayer; purification; apatheia;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the relationship of sacred Christian art in general with the artist’s spiritual life. According to the author, the truth about sacrum is conditional on the artist’s spiritual life expressed in various forms. He mainly emphasizes the state of prayer, purification, penance and the state described in eastern spirituality as apatheia.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 79-92
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Italian