Manipulating theophany : light and ritual in north Adriatic architecture (ca. 400-ca. 800) / Vladimir Ivanovici.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ivanovici, Vladimir, author.

Series:

Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

Ekstasis ; Volume 6

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Worship--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Worship.

Liturgies, Early Christian.

Baptism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Baptism.

Liturgy and architecture.

Light in architecture--italy--Ravenna.

Light in architecture.

Light--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Light.

Ravenna (Italy)--Church history.

Ravenna (Italy).

Paulinus, of Nola, Saint, approximately 353-431.

Paulinus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction

Paulinus of Nola and the New Visual Rhetoric of Sanctity

I. Light in Late Antique Baptismal Theory and Practice

II. Light in the Context of the Eucharistic Liturgy

III. Conclusion

IV. Excursus: The Tempietto Longobardo in Cividale

Bibliography

Index of Persons

Index of Places

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110418187

3110418185

9783110418088

3110418088

OCLC:

956435238