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It's interesting how much "ceremonial" buildings are important to architectural advancement. Pyramids, towers, temples, churches, cathedrals, palaces. It's a h
by netcan 5y ago
It's interesting how much "ceremonial" buildings are important to architectural advancement. Pyramids, towers, temples, churches, cathedrals, palaces.
It's a historical oddity, when factories, shipyards, skyscrapers and other utilitarian structures surpass them.
- orwin 5y agoI think its political more than ceremonial. And you can now find the same effect in skyscrapers.
- bobthechef 5y agoNeither ceremonial nor political, but religious. (Religion is also more fundamental than politics.) Skyscrapers are precisely the OP's point: they're not religious. In previous centuries, the tallest buildings were religious. They were at the center of town. Or of course you can interpret skyscrapers as cathedrals of the new religion.
- netcan 5y agoIMO, the (archeological) designation of "ceremonial" applies to all these. Distinctions between religion, politics, culture and such are often only visible once you are culturally fluent. Roman Temples tended to have all these roles. Ceremony & Religion. Political activity. Treasury/mint activities. Etc.