University of Texas, Arlington

ART 1310

Profile of a Sacred Space

Name: Lynsie Fike

ART 1301

Sacred Space selected (be sure to include five images somewhere in this document):

_Ise Jingu_

1)

General Description -

Why was it built? Is its location significant?

The Ise Jingu is built for Shinto`s to worship the sun goddess, Amataerasu Omikami. The

original shrine was built in 4 BC. The

location is significant because after a long period

of searching for the best place to put the shrine, Japanese Princess Yamatohine was given

a revelation that the sun goddess must be enshrined and worshipped for all time in Ise.

She then went out a built the shrine. She also started a long tradition of princesses being

the priestess of the shine. Many years later a different imperial leader started the tradition

of rebuilding the shine every 20 years. Additionally, the shrine was expanded into two

separate shrines, an inner and outer, to accommodate the number of people visiting each

year.

2)

Architectural Design - What aspects of its design are unique? What engineering

techniques are significant? How was the space designed for its function?

Ise Jingu

is rebuilt every 20 years to represent how nature is a cycle. The purpose of the

rebuilding is to r