Jerusalem Icons in the European Space

Based on scripture, exegesis, and an ongoing dialogue with the Jewish

and Islamic presence, Jerusalem maintains a central position in

Christian spirituality. After several studies that mapped visual

references to the holy city in various other representational media,

Bianca Kuhnel dedicates the present volume to the monumental presence of

Jerusalem in European Latin Christianity. The works discussed in this

book have a spatial dimension, defined by mimetic architecture and

mimetic topography brought to life by ritual movement. They consist of

the reproductions of key buildings representing Jerusalem’s most sacred

sites, standing alone or arranged in clusters. Jerusalem sites

throughout the world challenge the usual notions of transfer and

representation in the history of art by their number, their variety of

means, and their level of historical consistency. This book traces key

turning points in the long history of Jerusalem abroad, while defining a

common methodological and theoretical framework.