Architecture - Culture - Nation : A Contextual and Comparative Analysis of Dómkirkjan and Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík

• Main Author: Brännström, Ylva
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier 2008
• Subjects: 18th century churches; 20th century churches; Dómkirkjan; Hallgrímskirkja; Reykjavík; Iceland; architecture; contextual analysis; building tradition; architectural history; national culture; Art History; Konstvetenskap; Sculpture and architecture; Skulptur och arkitektur; Arts and Architecture
• Online Access: http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1317400

This thesis investigates how two churches, Dómkirkjan and Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík, Iceland, can be seen to express Icelandic culture. This is done with a contextual and comparative analysis. Connections are made between societal development, geographical factors, cultural influences, and archit...