Representing and Experiencing Islamic Domes: Images, Cosmology, and Circumambulation

Lindsay Jones developed the concept of "ritual-architectural event", according to which the meaning of a sacred building depends upon the participant’s experience of it in the course of the rituals they perform. Starting from such approach, and taking the Islamic dome as my subject-matter,...

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Main Author: Jin, Shunhua (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 6
Further subjects:B sacred architecture
B circumambulation
B Islamic dome
B Pilgrimage
B architectural experience
B Islamic cosmology
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