Il luogo e il sacro

Contributi all'indagine sul linguaggio simbolico dei luoghi

edited by Domenico Luciani

cover price 25 euros

Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche con Canova
Treviso 2012
208 pages
59 illustrations in colour and 1 in black and white
ISBN 978-88-8409-265-6
(Memorie, 14)

 

The volume is a collection of contributions by Carmen Añón, Franco Arminio, Franco Cardini, Guido Dotti, Alphonse Dupront, Le Corbusier, Domenico Luciani, José Miguel Puerta Vílchez, Olivier Ricomini, Flora Samuel, Angelico Surchamp, Massimo Venturi Ferriolo and Luigi Zanzi.

Contents

Prefazione
Domenico Luciani, Luogo come ierofania
Alphonse Dupront, Au commencement, un mot: lieu. Étude sémantique et destin d’un concept
Massimo Venturi Ferriolo, Paesaggio e numinoso: «mysterium tremendum et fascinans»
Franco Cardini, Il sacro e i luoghi santi
José Miguel Puerta Vílchez, La sacralización del lugar en el Islam a través de la palabra
Carmen Añón, Los sitios sagrados y la protección del camino tradicional del pueblo indio huichol de México
Guido Dotti, Pellegrini e abitatori nei luoghi del sacro
Angelico Surchamp, Le lieu sacré
Luigi Zanzi, I monti e il sacro
Franco Arminio, Abbecedario paesologico
Olivier Ricomini, «Des Canyons aux étoiles» d’Olivier Messiaen. Théologie biblique de la création et du lieu sacré dans l’œuvre d’un créateur contemporain
Le Corbusier, L’espace indicible
Flora Samuel, La cittadella orfica della Sainte-Baume

Bibliografia
Elenco delle illustrazioni
Elenco degli autori
Indice dei nomi e dei luoghi

Book presentation

Information

Editorial office
Publishing coordination, editing and graphics by the editorial office of the Foundation. 
For further info: pubblicazioni@fbsr.it.
Distribution
in major national bookstore by Canova Edizioni.
The editor
Domenico Luciani. Architect and landscape expert, deeply involved in the battle of ideas concerning the natural and cultural heritage. He directed the Fondazione Benetton from its founding in 1987 until 2009 and now coordinates its landscape research and experimentation activities, including the International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens; together with Lionello Puppi, he directs the series entitled “Memorie” and edits the volumes with joint authorship, such as Luoghi. Forma e vita di giardini e di paesaggi (2001). He has been a member of various international scientific committees associated with important European experiments in the transformation of post-industrial and post-mining sites. He has published essays and articles in a number of Italian and foreign journals.