Sentences with word «circumambulation»

Each step of the journey, each of the rites of the pilgrimage — such as circumambulation of the Ka «ba, the kissing of the Black Stone, the standing on Mount Arafat — is a symbol of great spiritual significance.

Soft chanting began as the priests in their green and gold robes commenced the first of three (for the Holy Trinity) circumambulations about the edicule.

Whereas Judd's forms often invite circumambulation, allowing viewers to discover what had been hidden bays, for example, Handforth will twist the frame of a large highway sign (such as Untitled Silver Sign, 2005, in this show) so its face flattens against the floor like a wilted flower, one corner mischievously folded back, as though hinting that some crucial directive to the viewer may be concealed underneath.

Her sculptures encourage circumambulation, often drawing upon Buddhist iconography for inspiration.

Similarly, Rebecca Warren's masterful, grotesque sculpture evoking Willem de Kooning in colour and form was easily passed over; and Jonathan Meese's NeoExpressionist busts were denied the circumambulation they screamed out for.