William Blake famously imagined 'Jerusalem builded here' in London. But Blake was not the first or the last to visualise a shimmering new metropolis on the banks of the River Thames. For example, the Romans erected a temple to Mithras in their ancient city of Londinium; medieval Londoners created Temple Church in memory of the Holy Sepulchre in which Jesus was buried; and Christopher Wren reshaped the skyline of the entire city with his visionary dome and spires after the Great Fire of London in 1666. In the modern period, the fabric of London has been rewoven in the image of its many immigrants from the Caribbean, South Asia, Eastern Europe and elsewhere. While previous books have examined literary depictions of the city, this is the first examination of the religious imaginary of the metropolis through the prism of the visual arts. Adopting a broad multicultural and multi-faith perspective, and making space for practitioners as well as scholars, its topics range from ancient archaeological remains and Victorian murals and cemeteries to contemporary documentaries and political cartoons.

Visualising a Sacred City and Theology and the Drama of History

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Author
Ben Quash (king\'s College London Uk King?s College, London, Uk King?s College, London, Uk King?s College, London, Uk King?s College, London, Uk King?s College, London, Uk King?s College, London, Uk Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse,
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
Published
October 2016
Weight
598g
Page Count
304
Dimensions
14.3 x 21.9 x 3.9 cm
ISBN
9781784536619
ISBN-10
178453661X
Eden Code
4457506