by Caroline Humphrey, Piers Vitebsky · Debate · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483060278
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«Arquitectura sagrada» is the essay by Caroline Humphrey, Piers Vitebsky and Shelton Tythacott in paperback (184 pages, in Spanish), published by Debate.
Analysis of how different cultures translate faith into built space: temples, shrines and monuments whose structures, forms and ornaments express the divine. The work covers examples such as the Hindu temple and the Taj Mahal, relates architecture, art and spirituality, and includes color illustrations and a glossary.
Published in May 1997 by Debate, it belongs to the Culturas de la Sabiduría collection and is written in Spanish.
For readers interested in religious architecture, art and aesthetics, and in how beliefs are reflected in different cultures.
Piers Vitebsky is an anthropologist who was Head of Anthropology and Russian Northern Studies and Assistant Director of Research at the Scott Polar Research Institute of the University of Cambridge in England.
