The Heavenly City

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  • Leonid Salmin Ural State University of Architecture and Art

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.67.1755

Keywords:

city, light, visible, invisible, archetype, mythology, symbolism, visual discourse, representation

Abstract

The city as a visual discourse always actualizes the key archetypical images in culture. The article tells us how a European city developed under the influence of such an important archetype as the Heavenly City. This archetype is featured in the opposite mythologies of the Heavenly Jerusalem and the Tower of Babel, around the semantic opposition of which the reflection on the concepts of the city’s visibility and invisibility is built.

How to Cite

Salmin, L. (2021). The Heavenly City. Project Baikal, 18(67), 56–63. https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.67.1755

Published

2021-04-27

Issue

No. 67 (2021): genetics of the city

Section

refereed articles

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