The Geometry of Love
eBook - ePub

The Geometry of Love

Space, Time, Mystery, and Meaning in an Ordinary Church

  1. 328 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Geometry of Love

Space, Time, Mystery, and Meaning in an Ordinary Church

About this book

A "delightful" tour of Rome's St. Agnes Outside the Walls, examining the stories, rituals, and architecture of this seventeen-hundred-year-old building ( The Christian Science Monitor).
In  The Geometry of Love, acclaimed author Margaret Visser, the preeminent "anthropologist of everyday life," takes on the living history of the ancient church of St. Agnes. Examining every facet of the building, from windows to catacombs, Visser takes readers on a mesmerizing tour of the old church, covering its social, political, religious, and architectural history. In so doing, she illuminates not only the church's evolution but also its religious legacy in our modern lives. Written as an antidote to the usual dry and traditional studies of European churches,  The Geometry of Love is infused with Visser's unmatched warmth and wit, celebrating the remarkable ways that one building can reveal so much about our history and ourselves.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Praise for the Writing of Margaret Visser
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Epigraph
  7. Preamble
  8. 1 The Door Swings Open: Threshold
  9. 2 Space and Time: Narthex and Ground Plan
  10. 3 Trajectory: Nave
  11. 4 Alpha and Omega: Altar
  12. 5 World Without End: Apse
  13. 6 Living Stones: Chapels, Left Side
  14. 7 One Body: Chapels, Right Side
  15. 8 Eternal Rest: Outside
  16. 9 Finer Than Gold: Road, Crypt, and Tower
  17. 10 Virgin Martyr: Tomb
  18. Notes
  19. Select Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. Acknowledgements
  22. About the Author
  23. Copyright Page