Before and After the End of Time: Architecture and the Year 1000

The essays in this book look at the contrast between the heavenly architecture of the prophesy and Romanesque architecture that did appear. At the turn of the first millennium, spiritual and historical notions of time were held simultaneously. The powerful imagery of an ideal, translucent kingdom of heaven permeated the European imagination at the same time as the massive style of Romanesque architecture began to flourish.

This book will appeal both to scholars with its unique viewpoint and to the general reader as a window onto an important moment in architectural history.

contents

preface JORGE SILVETTI

introduction MARJORIE B. COHN AND CHRISTINE SMITH

acknowledgments and list of lenders

checklist and list of lenders

essays

Before and After the End of Time CHRISTINE SMITH

The Human Architect and Architecture Made by Human Hands CHRISTINE SMITH

The Divine Architect and the Heavenly Jerusalem CHRISTINE SMITH

The Stones of Heavenly Jerusalem HUNTER FORD TURA

Observations on Architectural Photography JAMES ACKERMAN

The Installation: A Question of Meaning and Representation MARCO STEINBERG

On the Study of Early Medieval Art at Harvard JAMES ACKERMAN

This is the first volume of a series of publications related to the program MILLENNIUM MATTERS sponsored by the Department of Architecture, Harvard Design School

Questions? Please see our info page.

Harvard Design Magazine, gethdm@gsd.harvard.edu
Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, S303, Cambridge, MA 02138

Publications Office and Webmaster, books@gsd.harvard.edu
Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, S403, Cambridge, MA 02138