The Secret Language of Churches & Cathedrals: Decoding the Sacred Symbolism of Christianity's Holy Buildings

Stemp, Richard

ISBN 10: 1844839168 / ISBN 13: 9781844839162

Editore: Duncan Baird Pub, 2010

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• Titolo: The Secret Language of Churches & Cathedrals: Decoding the Sacred Symbolism of Christianity's Holy Buildings
• Editore: Duncan Baird Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1844839168
• ISBN 13: 9781844839162
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: Very Good
• Peso: 1660 grammi

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Thanks to books and films like The Da Vinci Code and its sequel, Angels and Demons, interest in secret religious symbols has never been greater. This carefully researched guide takes the reader into some of the world's most famous churches, decoding messages that are hidden in plain sight-in stained-glass windows, statuary, patterned flooring, ornamentation, and even the buildings' architectural design: Why do fierce beasts and grotesque faces peer from the walls? Who chose to depict one particular saint and not another? What's the significance of an eagle? A dragon? A pelican? No one who reads this book will ever again experience a visit to a cathedral in quite the same way.

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Physical description; 224 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm. Contents; Outside & in -- The thematic decoder -- The historical decoder. Summary; This carefully researched guide takes the reader into some of the world's most famous churches, decoding messages that are hidden in plain sight-in stained-glass windows, statuary, patterned flooring, ornamentation, and even the buildings' architectural design: Why do fierce beasts and grotesque faces peer from the walls? Who chose to depict one particular saint and not another? What's the significance of an eagle? A dragon? A pelican? No one who reads this book will ever again experience a visit to a cathedral in quite the same way. Subjects; Symbolism in architecture. Church architecture.