to: design-l
to: architecthetics
subject: tsPOWa
date: Sun, 18 April 1999 10:54
The Saintly Patronessing of Women Architects: Reconstructing the Practice of
Flavia Julia Helena Augusta
Would the history of architecture significantly transform after
acknowledging that the first master architect of Christianity was a woman?
Does it indeed matter whether Christianity's initial monuments were the
design and plan of a woman?
Is there even a woman in history that could fulfill such a high and powerful
role?
The simple answer to all three of the above questions is a resounding yes.
Yes, the history of architecture would significantly transform if the first
master architect of Christianity was a woman because such an acknowledgment
would profoundly effect architecture's entire future.
Yes, it does indeed matter if Christianity's first monuments were planned
and designed by a woman because architectural history has yet to ascribed
such a dominant position to a woman, and, moreover, the presence of a
leading woman architect within the context of early Christianity only
compounds the implications of origin with regard to such a pivotal point in
not only architectural history, but in all history.
Yes, the woman in history that could fulfill the role of Christianity's
first master architect is Flavia Julia Helena Augusta, the mother and
empress dowager of Constantine the Great, otherwise know as Saint Helena.
to: architecthetics
subject: tsPOWa
date: Sun, 18 April 1999 10:54
The Saintly Patronessing of Women Architects: Reconstructing the Practice of
Flavia Julia Helena Augusta
Would the history of architecture significantly transform after
acknowledging that the first master architect of Christianity was a woman?
Does it indeed matter whether Christianity's initial monuments were the
design and plan of a woman?
Is there even a woman in history that could fulfill such a high and powerful
role?
The simple answer to all three of the above questions is a resounding yes.
Yes, the history of architecture would significantly transform if the first
master architect of Christianity was a woman because such an acknowledgment
would profoundly effect architecture's entire future.
Yes, it does indeed matter if Christianity's first monuments were planned
and designed by a woman because architectural history has yet to ascribed
such a dominant position to a woman, and, moreover, the presence of a
leading woman architect within the context of early Christianity only
compounds the implications of origin with regard to such a pivotal point in
not only architectural history, but in all history.
Yes, the woman in history that could fulfill the role of Christianity's
first master architect is Flavia Julia Helena Augusta, the mother and
empress dowager of Constantine the Great, otherwise know as Saint Helena.