Arquiteturas cristã e budista no período Gótico: estudo comparativo

Abstract

O texto foca-se nas espiritualidades cristã e budista, estudadas mediante a análise da arquitetura cristã do estilo gótico e da arquitetura budista das dinastias Tang e Song. O estudo coloca em paralelo o desenvolvimento da religião e da arquitetura, destacando o contexto histórico, as dimensões material e imaterial da arquitectura e as concepções e regras de vida dos praticantes. As práticas monacais cristã e budista dão uma ideia mais profunda das diferenças entre as duas religiões e entre as culturas ocidental e oriental.

The text focus on the comparation between catholic spirit and buddhist spirit. Is used comparative study about the architectures in the representative time: catholic architecture of gothic style; buddhist architecture of dinasty Tang and dinasty Song. The study is finished in many aspects: development of religion and its architecture, historical background, material part and imaterial part of architecture. Every character showed in architectures presents believers’ preferences and concepts. The actual concepts of believers are different from the written ones. Therefore, the result of this study helps us understand these two religions better, and know more about the difference between western culture and eastern culture.