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Ra Paulette, “Tree of Life Cave” (2011-2019), United States. Picture by Nicolas Peña. All photographs © the artists, courtesy of TASCHEN, shared with permission
From historic pyramids to subterranean labyrinths to mountaintop meccas, we have now all the time been drawn to visiting or constructing websites that encourage reverence and awe. Since time immemorial, people have honored the solar and stars, the earth, and numerous deities, organizing our routines and celebrations across the seasons, solstices, and particular holidays.
Sacred Websites, the forthcoming 520-page ebook in TASCHEN’s ongoing The Library of Esoterica sequence, celebrates how we traverse and rework the world round us by means of ritual and artwork. Compiled by Jessica Hundley, Sacred Websites surveys a exceptional array of locations and artworks by means of greater than 400 photographs centered round pilgrimage, efficiency, and devotion.
Famed areas like Machu Picchu in Peru or large Buddha statues carved from rocky hillsides in China are complemented by modern items like Ra Paulette’s painstakingly hand-chiseled “Tree of Life Cave” or Daniel Martin Diaz’s ode to historic sacred symbolism in “Pyramid Frequencies.” By an emphasis on magnificence and a way of marvel, Sacred Websites celebrates a spread of historic and modern locations and artworks that faucet into the idolized or holy.
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Daniel Martin Diaz, “Pyramid Frequencies” (2021), United States
Ram Yantra at Jantar Mantar, 1724, Delhi, India. Picture courtesy of Dorling Kindersley/UIG/Bridgeman Photos
Michael P. Smith, “Larry Bannock, Big Chief, Golden Star Hunters” (1982), United States. © The Historic New Orleans Assortment
Unknown artist, Rocchetta Mattei Chapel, nineteenth century, Italy. Picture by Godong / Bridgeman Photos
Unknown artist, Buddha Statue, eighth century, China. Picture by akg-images / Erich Lessing
William Blake, “Jacob’s Ladder” (1800-1803), pen and watercolor on paper, England. Picture courtesy of Bridgeman Photos
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, “Moshav (co-operative village) farm at Nahalal, Jezrael plain, Israel (32°41’ N, 35°13’ E)”
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, “Wrapped Monument to Leonardo” (1970), Bulgaria and Morocco. Picture by Harry Shunk
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