The nationwide seminary hosted a themed e book membership assembly on “Codes of European Church Artwork,” encouraging college students to discover church artwork with Chinese language options.

On March 22, Professor Xv Zhenglin of Shanghai College was invited to share in the course of the e book membership assembly “Codes of European Church Artwork” on the Nanjing Union Theological Seminary’s library, reported the seminary.

Professor Xu said that church buildings have been vital public locations in European historical past. Earlier than the Roman Empire declared Christianity the state faith, Christians worshiped of their houses and even in tombs. The Tabernacle of the Previous Testomony served because the church’s prototype. Later, early church buildings have been usually easy and plain on the surface whereas lavishly adorned on the within.

From Professor Xu’s view, the development of church buildings inspired the event of architectural kinds, contributed to the inheritance of tradition, and promoted cultural exchanges between totally different areas. He offered images of various European church buildings from varied intervals and areas, in addition to associated church artwork, together with Basilica, Romanesque, and Byzantine, which blended each Japanese and Western cultures, in addition to Gothic and Baroque kinds, and so on.

He said that from the 18th century to the current, church structure has returned to a classical design that emphasizes simplicity and proportion. Trendy church structure stresses materials and technological innovation, in addition to the constructing’s perform and utility.

When analyzing the shapes of European church buildings, Xu concluded that Gothic church structure conveys the best non secular symbolism.

Subsequently, the professor launched the non secular themes in European church structure and present traits in rising church structure.

– Translated by Poppy Chan

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