A History of Religious Architecture

Abbey aisles apse arches architect Armenia Athenian Athens Babylonia basilica beauty became bishop brick Buddhist builders building built Byzantine carved cathedral cella central centre century chapel Chartres choir Christ Christendom Christian church civilisation colonnade colour columns court craft decoration dome Doric early east Eastern Egypt Egyptian Emperor Empire English entablature faith feet high France Gothic Gothic architecture Greece Greek Hellenic high altar Holy House House of God human Italian Italy Justinian King later lintel architecture LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL marble Maya Maya civilisation mediæval Mesopotamia Milan monastery monastic monks mosaic Moslem mosque nave Norman Northern organisation Parthenon Persian piers Pope porch portico priests pyramid Ravenna rebuilding recall religion religious architecture religious art Renaissance ritual Roman Romanesque Rome roof sacred saints Sancta Sophia sanctuary sculpture shrine side spirit statue stone stupa style symbolic temple to-day tomb tower transepts vault walls western worship Wren ziggurat