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Altes Museum as Architecture of the Artistic-Sacred - Separation, Ascent, and Procession as Transitional Spatial Effects Toward the Sacred -

예술적 성스러움의 건축으로서 알테스 뮤지엄 - 성스러움을 향한 전이 공간 효과로서의 분리, 상승, 행렬 -

  • Received : 2023.08.04
  • Accepted : 2023.11.07
  • Published : 2023.12.31
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Abstract

This study delves into the Altes Museum in Berlin, examining its role as an architecture of the artistic-sacred through an analysis of its transitional spatial effects. Beginning with an exploration of the religious roots of the sacred, this research categorizes the encountered spatial effects during the transition from profane to sacred spaces as separation, ascent, and procession. These spatial parallels are not confined to religious architecture but extend to non-religious structures, particularly within public buildings like political and cultural institutions. This study focuses on the noteworthy connection between art museums and religious architecture, suggesting a potential interplay in the presentation of spatial effects evoking the sacred. Using the Altes Museum as the primary subject, this study scrutinizes the architectural devices and spatial effects of the sacred influencing the transition from the profane exterior to the sacred interior of the art museum. Externally, an enclosed site signifies separation, reminiscent of a parvis; a raised ground floor with a podium and grand stairs induces a sense of physical ascent akin to high places; and a façade featuring classical colonnades denotes another separation akin to propylaea. Internally, the central exhibition hall with its soaring dome mirrors the concept of visual ascent, akin to a sanctuary; a deepened ground-floor exhibition hall with an array of colonnades evokes procession, akin to a nave; Finally, a compartmentalized second-floor exhibition hall echoes separation, akin to a chapel.

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Acknowledgement

이 성과는 정부(과학기술정보통신부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(No. RS-2023-00248602).

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