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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784033803321

Autore

Laan H. van der (Hendrikus), <1932->

Titolo

The play of forms [[electronic resource] ] : nature, culture, and liturgy / / by H. van der Laan ; translated by Richard Padovan ; with a preface by Kees den Biesen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2005

ISBN

1-280-86863-5

9786610868636

1-4294-2726-4

1-4337-0759-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (103 p.)

Disciplina

264/.02

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; I Introduction; II Natural Forms; III Cultural Forms; IV Liturgical Forms; V The Three Form-Worlds; VI Functional Forms; VII Expressive Forms; IX The Principle of Liturgical Form; X Visible and Invisible Things

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses the analogical relationships between the created forms of nature, the man-made forms of culture and the forms used in religious ritual, in order to explores the genesis of liturgical form.