Concept cathedral and “squaring the circle”:Interpreting the Gothic cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris as a standing hymn  

作　　者：Nelly Shafik Ramzy 

机构地区：[1]Department:of Architectural Engineerins,Faculty of Engineering,Benha University,El Kalyobia,Egypt

出　　处：《Frontiers of Architectural Research》2021年第2期369-393,共25页建筑学研究前沿（英文版）

基　　金：The author expresses thankfulness to Mr.Emad Ramsey for his valuable assistance with proof reading the article.

摘　　要：Semiotics is used in the sphere of visual arts as a tool that helps reading the message included in a certain work.Gothic architecture,as an outcome of the rich cultural context of medieval tradition,where metaphysics,numbers and geometry were indispensable tools to symbolically manifest cosmological and theological concepts,is suggested as a good example for testing this approach in the field of architecture.In this paper,a semiotic reading for one of the most distinguished works of this era;i.e.,the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris,is introduced as a model for this methodology.Among many message included in the building,such as the functional or the technical messages,this is a trial to introduce a reading,i.e.,an interpretation,of what could be called rta hidden spiritual messase,The paper comes to a conclusion that the Gothic cathedral,as represented in Notre Dame de Paris,might be perceived as an extemalization of a standing hymn that was meant to send continuous appeals of protection to Heaven.

关 键 词：SEMIOTICS Architectural language SYMBOLISM Gothic architecture Notre Dame de Paris 

分 类 号：TU-09[建筑科学—建筑理论]