Manipulating Theophany

Light and Ritual in North Adriatic Architecture (ca. 400¿ca. 800)
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-11-037632-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 261 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 564 g

Reihe: Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

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 mannerin 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.

Zielgruppe

Theologians, Architects, Anthropologists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ivanovici, Vladimir

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Sakralbauten
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Spätantike
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Liturgik, Christliche Anbetung, Sakramente, Rituale, Feiertage
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Geschichte der Theologie, Einzelne Theologen

Über Autor(innen)

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

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