CANCELED Dominicans versus Franciscans: Light in the Architecture of the Mendicant Orders and Its Influence on Modernity
Description
Light has always been a determining element in the definition of an architectural space. It reached its maximum artistic development during the Middle Ages, and in religious architecture in particular. This was evidenced, for instance, in the combination of two dimensions:
a) The transformation of external natural light -clear and diaphanous- into an unnatural light in the interior -symbolic, kaleidoscopic and transcendent-.
b) The combination of the senses and the sensibility: the perception of the building through the senses and the emotions caused by the light atmosphere.
The religious orders (mainly Cistercians, Franciscans and Dominicans) created and developed this signification in their churches in the 12th century and spread it throughout Europe. Its influence survives today.
This session aims to present, bring and recognize the value of light in medieval religious architecture and its influence on current architecture, as well as those who have created and/or promoted singular spaces through the light and its qualities.
MARIA PILAR ALONSO ABAD
CANCELED Dominicans versus Franciscans: Light in the Architecture of the Mendicant Orders and Its Influence on Modernity
Schneider 1120
Light has always been a determining element in the definition of an architectural space. It reached its maximum artistic development during the Middle Ages, and in religious architecture in particular. This was evidenced, for instance, in the combination of two dimensions:
a) The transformation of external natural light -clear and diaphanous- into an unnatural light in the interior -symbolic, kaleidoscopic and transcendent-.
b) The combination of the senses and the sensibility: the perception of the building through the senses and the emotions caused by the light atmosphere.
The religious orders (mainly Cistercians, Franciscans and Dominicans) created and developed this signification in their churches in the 12th century and spread it throughout Europe. Its influence survives today.
This session aims to present, bring and recognize the value of light in medieval religious architecture and its influence on current architecture, as well as those who have created and/or promoted singular spaces through the light and its qualities.
MARIA PILAR ALONSO ABAD