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Showing 1 to 20 of 93 for “"temples"”.
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Bucolic Architecture: Hellenistic Pastoral Temples in the Peloponnese
… Hellenistic religion and the role of monumental temples during this period. However, the role of small extra-urban temples has been somewhat overlooked in favor of larger and more easily accessible temples within the city or predominant sanctuary. The Peloponnese is rich in such modest rural …
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Forming Dorasamudra: Temples of the Hoysala Capital in Context
… Although the site is home to more than twenty temples and temple ruins, as well as the fragmentary remains of a fort wall and palace compound, the place name "Halebid" today is nearly synonymous with a single monument: the lavishly sculptural Hoysalesvara temple. This expansive, double-shrine …
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Recommendations and guidelines for designing Vietnamese Buddhist temples in Australia
This thesis examines the design of Buddhist temples in traditional Vietnamese style and characteristics within the context of the Australian environment. The legends of the Buddha and his teaching are described with regard to the symbolism in temple components and the meaning of temple form. …
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The Central Hall in the Egyptian Temples of the Ptolemaic Period
… aspects of the Central Halls in the Egyptian temples of the Ptolemaic period. According to the texts of that period, the Central Hall has different designations used to refer to it. Whenever it exists, the location of this Central Hall is always between the Sanctuary and the Hall of Offerings …
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Constructing Community: Tamil Merchant Temples in India and China, 850-1281
… architectural forms of contemporaneous temples in India's Tamil region. Piecing together over 300 carvings discovered in the region in light of archaeological and art historical evidence, I develop a chronology of the temple's history, and propose that Ming forces destroyed the temple …
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Three essays on organizational paradox, history, and resilience: An ethnography of Buddhist temples
… that are most salient in Korean Buddhist temples: (1) finance versus religion, (2) change versus tradition, and (3) adaptation versus stability. Specifically, drawing upon paradox theory, my first essay examines how Buddhist monks address tension between business work to support the …
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Four Greco-Roman Era Temples of Near Eastern Fertility Goddesses: An Analysis of Architectural Tradition
Lucian, writing in the mid-second century AD, recorded his observations of an "exotic" local cult in the city of Hierapolis in what is today Northern Syria. The local goddess was known as Dea Syria to the Romans and Atargatis to the Greeks. Lucian's so-named De Dea Syria is an important record of …
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CRITICAL HERITAGE STUDIES AND HERITAGE CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN SINGAPORE: A CASE STUDY OF THE FIRST UNITED TEMPLE, UNITED FIVE TEMPLES 批判性遗产研究理论与新加坡遗产保护实践——以第一座联合庙“伍合庙”为 例
In the context of Singapore, Chinese temples considered as heritage often refer to historically significant temples that have become national monuments, such as Yueh Hai Ching Temple(粤海清庙), Thian Hock Keng(天福宫), and Hong San See Temple(凤山寺). However, temples like the United Five Temples(伍合庙), …
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The Late Bronze Age temple in Palestine
The purpose of this thesis is to study the temples of the Late Bronze Period found within the geographical area of Palestine. A number of previous studies have been done on this subject, but they have principally been all inclusive works, and have not dealt with any specific time period. In the …
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Mormon temple architecture and the spaces of ritual
Temples are the most significant religious buildings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the early days of the church, temples were used for general worship and congregation. These temples represented the spiritual and physical heart of the communities in which they were built. …
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Set in Stone? A Landscape and Material Approach to Provincial Power in the Khmer Empire
… a landscape and material-based analysis of temples within the Khmer Empire. Rather than treating Khmer power as a static or centrally imposed resource, this study conceptualizes it as emerging from the interplay among elite authority, agrarian economies, and religious ideology. Temples …
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Giving Architecture to Fire
… buildings for protection. These buildings became temples of fire or Fire Temples where an eternal flame was kept and looked after by a priest so as to keep alive the salvation of humankind and continue our journey towards righteousness with the blessings of the supreme. With this, faith stayed …
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Buddhist sculpture of Wu Yueh, 907-978: Chinese sculpture of the tenth century
… and patronized the construction of many Buddhist temples and statues.
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Analysis of traditional Korean space and its application to a contemporary problem : a crematorium
… In this context. the diagrammatic Korean temples are good illustrations of the 'Prime Generator'. But my main concern lies in ideas that cannot be easily explained by the notion of prime generator in the non-diagrammatic temples, which were the outgrowth of deep contemplation and a process …
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The Krishna Temple Complex, Hampi: An Exploration of its identity as a Medieval temple in the contemporary context
Hindu temples in India have been in abundance for centuries. However, many have lost their use over time. They lie vacant and unused on vast tracts of land across the Indian subcontinent, in a time when financial resources for the provision of amenities to serve the local community are hard to come …
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Is there evidence of intentionality of sky involvement in the prehistoric megalithic sites of Mnajdra in Malta?
… the question of whether the prehistoric Mnajdra Temples in Malta were intentionally constructed to face astronomical events in the sky. Using a combination of archeoastronomical fieldwork measurements, photography, phenomenology and experimental archaeoastronomy, the possibility that the temples …
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