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Communicational Role of Mosques Architecture

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Artist architects have long considered prayers highly and everything associated with the prayer has meant sacred for them. Among these objects, people and places associated with the prayer, means even more to them. Especially, the mosque is not only a place for worship, but also a place for wondering in the creation philosophy and place of sanctum of man with God. This article is trying to study the communicational role of architecture of mosques.

Source: Asian Social Science

DOI: 10.5539/ass.v8n3p137

Authors: Mandana Saniei, Ali Delavar

Institutions: Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Allameh Tabataba'i University

Language: English

Topic: Architecture and Cultural Influences

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2015260759

FWCI: 2.392

Cites: 6

Cited by: 10

Related to: 10