Manipulating Theophany: Light and Ritual in North Adriatic Architecture (ca. 400–ca. 800)

Author:   Vladimir Ivanovici
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Edition:   Digital original
Volume:   6
ISBN:  

9783110376326


Pages:   271
Publication Date:   25 July 2016
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
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Using light as fil rouge reuniting theology and ritual with the architecture, decoration, and iconography of cultic spaces, the present study argues that the mise-en-scène of fifth-century baptism and sixth-century episcopal liturgy was meant to reproduce the luminous atmosphere of heaven. Analysing the material culture of the two sacraments against common ritual expectations and Christian theology, we evince the manner in which the luminous effect was reached through a combination of constructive techniques and perceptual manipulation. One nocturnal and one diurnal, the two ceremonials represented different scenarios, testifying to the capacity of church builders and willingness of Late Antique bishops to stage the ritual experience in order to offer God to the senses.

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Author:   Vladimir Ivanovici
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter
Edition:   Digital original
Volume:   6
Weight:   0.525kg
ISBN:  

9783110376326


ISBN 10:   3110376326
Pages:   271
Publication Date:   25 July 2016
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Die Dissertationsschrift beschreitet mit ihrer Diskussion der im fruhchristlichen und justinianischen Sakralbau Ravennas eingesetzten Lichtmetaphorik neue und interessante Wege, die zu weiteren Forschungen bei anderen, noch erhaltenen Anlagen fuhren sollten. Sie dokumentiert aber gleichzeitig in ihrer Vernachlassigung der Liturgie die methodischen Grenzen, die ein bildwissenschaftlich- kulturanthropologischer Ansatz in sich tragen kann. Barbara Bruderer Eichberg in: Kunstchronik ZI, 60-613


Die Dissertationsschrift beschreitet mit ihrer Diskussion der im fruhchristlichen und justinianischen Sakralbau Ravennas eingesetzten Lichtmetaphorik neue und interessante Wege, die zu weiteren Forschungen bei anderen, noch erhaltenen Anlagen fuhren sollten. Sie dokumentiert aber gleichzeitig in ihrer Vernachlassigung der Liturgie die methodischen Grenzen, die ein bildwissenschaftlich- kulturanthropologischer Ansatz in sich tragen kann. Barbara Bruderer Eichberg in: Kunstchronik ZI, 60-613


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Vladimir Ivanovici, Mendrisio-Università della Svizzera italiana, Mendrisio, Switzerland.

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