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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"axis mundi"”.
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Extension of the Axis Mundi
A work develops through methodical inquiry based on the reciprocity inherent in the construction of an object and its evaluation. A physical object informs an initial concept and acts as the fundamental catalyst for subsequent findings. Ordered elements result in the description of a vertical …
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A Journey to the Late Bronze Age Minoan Underworld: The Reflection of Sunlight on the Sea as an Axis Mundi
… manifestation of the cosmological concept of the axis mundi, echoing the liminal convergence of opposing realities. By comparing Late Minoan III funerary iconography with the fieldwork results, this study developed an interpretation of Minoan eschatological beliefs establishing analogies between …
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Project for a house along a road
… within undifferentiated space; and, that of an axis mundi about which a habitable world may become ordered. A vocabulary of architectural elements consisting of a chimney, plynth, wall, and roof is then used to pursue these ideas within a design project.
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Religion and Architecture: Designing a temple of Candomble in Salvador Bahia, Brazil
… collaboration with the non-profit organization Axis Mundi, to raise the funds and support necessary to build this temple for the community of Plataforma.
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The numinous land : examples of sacred geometry and geopiety in formalist and landscape paintings of the prairies
… Mandala or Medicine Wheel, the Horizon, and the Axis Mundi or World Tree. Sacred geometry occurs across cultural boundaries, within the Academy, in the work of unschooled artists, in innovative and traditional art forms, with or without the conscious intention of the artist. Because it springs …
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Tourism, Pilgrimage, and Development in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India
… the birthplace of Buddhism and is a revered axis mundi for all Buddhist denominations, the town is also located in one of the poorest and least developed states in India. It is a place where spiritual wealth and material indigence uneasily coexist. The pilgrimage and tourist activities that …
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The transpositional art-object (Mezzone): countering restrictive modalities in art production
… a new potentiality for my practice; my ‘axis-mundi’ (Lippard); one which will expand my exposure to scholarly and creative opportunities across the entire art-institutional framework. Central to this investigation is the idea of an essential connection existing between a-priori elements …