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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «POLITOLOGIYA. RELIGIOVEDENIE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RELIGION STUDIES»
ISSN 2073-3380 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2018. Vol. 23

Aesthetical Traditions and Innovations in the Modern Christian Church Architecture in Western Europe

Author(s)
V. V. Barashkov
Abstract
The paper gives a stylistic analysis of three modern churches: the chapel Notre Dame du Haut (1950–1955) by Le Corbusier, Evry Cathedral of the Resurrection (1991–1995) by Mario Botta and the church “Reading Between the Lines” in Looz by the duo Gijs Van Vaerenbergh. According to the author, main aesthetical innovations of spiritual architecture are particularly the simplification of forms of both the exterior and the interior, and building churches into multifunctional Christian public complexes. The primary means of transmitting the sacredness of the building is involvement of natural light. Preservation of confessional peculiarities of contemporary religious architecture is achieved by the reproduction of regional traditions.

For citation:

Barashkov V. V. Aesthetical Traditions and Innovations in the Modern Christian Church Architecture in Western Europe. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies. 2018, vol. 23, pp. 137-145. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2018.23.137 (in Russian)

Keywords
sacred space, religious architecture, Christian architecture, modern architecture, Christian aesthetics, philosophy of culture
UDC
130.2+261.6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2018.23.137

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