Within two days of going up, the altarpiece had been removed, and was soon to be sold on to a private collector. It was almost certainly Caravaggio's embodiment of the Virgin in a low-cut dress that caused the difficulty. Appealing once more to the mass of ordinary Catholics, Caravaggio ...
By considering the duality of sacred and profane as the relational outcome of both embodied action and the action of other objects or things that are nominally valued as profane, an account is sought which acknowledges the corporeal enacting and sensing of the sacred both in and of the every...
In this paper I examine different forms of spiritual practice which seek to (re)enchant the everyday and the ordinary. By considering the duality of sacred and profane as the relational outcome of both embodied action and the action of other objects or things that are nominally valued as profa...
Today we associate money with the profane, and for good reason. If anything is sacred in this world, it is surely not money. Money seems to be the enemy of our better instincts, as is clear every time the thought "I can't afford to" blocks an impulse toward kindness or generosity. ...
Profane spaceGlobalizationTransnationalismCommodificationAlthough research and discussions of sacred space began to capture the attention of geographers in the late 1970s, the subject of sacred space has factored in the scholarship of religious historians, sociologists and philosophers since the early ...
In order to turn (abstract, generic, geometric—profane) space into (significant, poetic, unique— sacred) place, all buildings have an important role to play: they need be made to human scale and of local, natural materials. King Faisal University showcases the rediscovery of local building ...