التمثيل المعماري في سوريا خلال الألف الأول الميلادي : دراسة مقارنة في مبان دينية مختارة

الملخص EN

The first millennia A.D.

knew an architectural revolution reflecting the political-religious activities in the Mediterranean basin.

due to its strategic site, Syria had its lot of significant buildings presenting examples of development in arts and architecture at that time.

the article deals with three religious buildings from Syria, imprinted with architectural representation.

each building is related to one of the Abrahamic religions : the synagogue of dura Europe's in the lower valley of Euphrates, the church of the saint martyrs in Tayyibat al-imam in central Syria, and finally the great Omayyad mosque in Damascus the capital.

the common point for these buildings is the critical moment of construction that was a transitive step between three long characterized eras : the classical Greco-Roman art with its figurative arts, the byzantine art with its prestigious churches and finally the Islamic art with its concept of iconoclasm.

the article depends on the visual analysis of the scenes with architectural representation.

This study passes by four levels, digging into the details.

at the end of the analysis, a comparison is indispensable to discover the architectural forms, elements and techniques of the architectural representation which kept present in the scenes along the six centuries despite of the variable socio-religious exigencies