Page 1 |
Save page Remove page | Previous | 1 of 514 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large (1000x1000 max)
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
|
CREATING SACRED SPACES IN THE SUBURBS:
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ARCHITECTURE
IN POSTWAR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
by
Michael Joseph Gibson
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
August 2009
Copyright 2009 Michael Joseph Gibson
Object Description
| Title | Creating sacred spaces in the suburbs: Roman Catholic church architecture in postwar Southern California |
| Author | Gibson, Michael Joseph |
| Author email | mgibson@gfwlaw.com; mjgibson@usc.edu |
| Degree | Master of Historic Preservation |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Historic Preservation |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-06-22 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 30 Jul. 2010. |
| Date published | 2010-07-30 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Breisch, Kenneth A. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Starr, Kevin Sandmeier, Trudi |
| Abstract | This thesis examines Roman Catholic churches built between 1948 and 1976 in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. During this period, more than 250 new churches were constructed in an effort to accommodate a 253% increase in membership. Although the architecture of these churches spans an aesthetic spectrum ranging from historical revivalism to expressionism, analysis reveals that each can be placed into one of seven stylistic groupings. These groupings are identified and described, using over forty representative examples.; This thesis argues that the key to understanding the physical form of these churches lies in an appreciation of three dynamic phenomena driving the architectural program underlying their design and construction: the swift growth of the local Catholic population in the region’s rapidly developing suburbs; the desire of church leadership to create parishes that would attract the next generation of Catholics; and a new theological and pastoral emphasis on congregational participation in worship. |
| Keyword | church architecture; Catholic; Los Angeles; California; suburbs; postwar |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Coverage date | 1948/1976 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2432 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Gibson, Michael Joseph |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Gibson-3026 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume55/etd-Gibson-3026.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | CREATING SACRED SPACES IN THE SUBURBS: ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ARCHITECTURE IN POSTWAR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA by Michael Joseph Gibson A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION August 2009 Copyright 2009 Michael Joseph Gibson |
