Solomon
Modelling The Divine Impossibility
- Team / Mete Kutlu
- Location / Rome
- Period / October 2020
- Partners / Villa Medici, French School of Rome, Vatican Apostolic Library
Field Study in Rome
3D miniatures of the Throne and the Temple prepared during the residency at the Villa Medici in Februrary 2020
Modelling the Impossible Columns
Illusionistic 3D Modelling of the Impossible Columns
Original miniature of the Temple on the left and its 3D modelling on the right
Capitals of the Solomonic Column 02
Spatializing Sacred Impossibilities
Offset between the dome and its feet
The Temple Iconography
Representations of the Temple in the Homilies of James the Monk of Kokkinobaphos (vat.gr.1162)
Mosaic representations of the Temple from the Chora Church, Istanbul
Mosaic representations of the Temple from the Chora Church, Istanbul
Mosaic representations of the Temple from the Chora Church, Istanbul
During my residence at the Palais de France in Istanbul, November 2019, I discovered the mosaics (1321) of the Church of Saint-Saveur-in-Chora which depict the same scenes from the life of the Virgin as the miniatures of the Homilies (12th century). This apocryphal episode of her life is called the “Presentation of Mary in the Temple”. The main architectural element of these scenes is the ciborium which is a construction with a canopy resting on four columns. Its objective is the protection and enhancement of an altar. This altar is represented as a table covered with a red cloth. The ciborium represents the archetype of the temple which refers to the Holy of Holies of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.
The Church of Holy Apostles (no longer extant) in Co
Penance of David drawn by Michael of Tokat (Turkey) in the Armenian Bible in Constantinople, 1625 (Vat.arm.1, folio 306v)
Elevated throne in Islamic Architecture and Miniatures
This elevated throne also appears in Islamic miniatures which depict scenes taking place inside mosques. In Islamic architecture, this architectural element is called the minbar. From left to right, an Ottoman miniature representing the Prophet Mohammed at the top of the minbar (Museum of Islamic and Turkish Arts, Istanbul, Siyer-i Nebi, TSMK 1976, folio 225) and two Arabic miniatures in another manuscript of the Sessions (BNF, Paris, folios 18v and 58v).
Color Variation in Architectural Settings
Impossible Columns of the Temple on folio 190r
The Neon Temple
Celestial Neon Domes
Solid and Luminous Temples
Neon Dome over Solomonic Columns
Solomonic Capital
The Divine Throne
Thrones
Throne & Temple
Sacred Thrones
Solomonic Experiments
Nurbs Model of the Temple
Imported Polygon Model of the Temple in Cinema 4D
Imported Polygon Model of the Temple in Cinema 4D
Nurbs Model of the Throne in Rhino
Imported Polygon Throne in Cinema 4D