| Title |
Altes Museum as Architecture of the Artistic-Sacred |
| Authors |
이단비(Lee, Dan Bee) ; 남성택(Nam, Sung-Taeg) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2023.39.12.113 |
| Keywords |
Art Museum; The Sacred and the Profane; Transition; Threshold; Altes Museum |
| 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 facade 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. |