АНАЛИЗ МОНГОЛЬСКОЙ ХРАМОВОЙ АРХИТЕКТУРЫ: МЕТАФИЗИЧЕСКИЙ АСПЕКТ

Abstract

The article justifies the necessity to shift the focus from art historical studies to a deeper analysis of temple architecture. The iconological approach to studying semantic aspects of temple architecture is considered as the most promising one. Proceeding from the postulate that the temple is a reflection of the Universe in the religious picture of the world, the article reveals the metaphysical essence of the Mongolian Buddhist temple. Basing on the paradigm “Universe - temple - mandala”, the authors justify the key importance of the semantic and metaphysical aspect while analysing temple architecture.