Abstract
In the history of architecture, the concept of architectural representation emerges as central perspective and orthographical drawings after the Renaissance period. How to represent space is related with the space, time and body conceptions of an era. If the space is merely considered as a measurable entity and the body is supposed to be only the eye that is looking at space, then the orthographic projection techniques work well for representation. Today, the concepts of space, time and body have been changing within technological developments. On the other hand, it is quite difficult to see the reflections of these changes on architectural representation. If the body and space coexist together, representing merely the space is questionable. Orthodox Christian Iconography constructs space through body and time. Therefore remembering iconography, which is earlier than the Renaissance, and the reverse perspective in it may help to rethink about architectural perspective. The aim of this article is to rethink architectural perspective through reverse perspective in Orthodox Christian iconography so as to create a debate on architectural representation in the context of today’s space, time and body relations.
