Artificial light in medieval churches / edited by Vladimir Ivanovici, Alice Isabella Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Ivanovici, Vladimir, Editor, Contributor.

Sullivan, Alice Isabella, Editor, Contributor.

Conference Name:

Artificial Light in Medieval Churches Between Byzantium and the West (Workshop) (2023 : Online) http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n2025509313

Series:

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; v. 98.

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 1872-8103 ; volume 98

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Light in architecture--Congresses.

Light in architecture.

Light--Religious aspects--Christianity--Congresses.

Light.

Church architecture--Europe--Congresses.

Church architecture.

Architecture, Medieval--Europe--Congresses.

Architecture, Medieval.

Architecture, Medieval--Congresses.

Genre:

proceedings (reports)

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxii, 408 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : [Brill], [2026]

Summary:

"This volume examines the economy of artificial light in medieval churches across Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean region, and the broader medieval spheres. Whether innovative or inspired by the more established Latin and Byzantine traditions, the chapters explore local customs in order to understand how artificial light was used in ecclesiastical spaces, and how it brought together aspects of the architecture, decoration, objects, and rituals, while implicating the celebrants and the faithful gathered within the spaces. This volume complements the publication Natural Light in Medieval Churches (Brill, 2023)."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Artificial Light in Christian Practice: An Overview / Vladimir Ivanovici and Alice Isabella Sullivan

Icons and the Science of Low Light / Robert S. Nelson

Part 1. Artificial Lights in Context

Artificial Light and Monumental Art in the Rock-Cut New Church at Tokalı Kilise / Evan Freeman

Artificial and Natural Light at San Marco in Venice / Thomas E.A. Dale

Lighting Equipment, Ritual, and the Iconography of Light at Dečani Monastery / Anna Adashinskaya

Observations on the Productivity of Romanesque 'Darkness': Windows and Light in Religious Architecture South of the Alps / Daniela Mondini

Artificial Light, Architecture, Furnishings, and Ritual in the Medieval Churches of Old Livonia / Vera Henkelmann

Part 2. Lighting Instruments and Sources

The Influence of the Jerusalemite Miracle of Holy Light on Medieval Sacred Space / Teresa Shawcross

Light in Byzantine Typika: Between Textual and Material Sources / Danijela Tešić Radovanović and Branka Gugolj

Lighting Instruments in Byzantine Monastic Typika: A Contribution to the Study of Material Culture through Written Sources / Diego R. Fittipaldi

Lighting Mediterranean Routes: Byzantine Lighting Devices in Sicily / Giulia Arcidiacono

Part 3 Modeling Light

The Illumination of the Studenica Church during Evening Services / Jelena Bogdanović, Leslie Forehand, Dušan Danilović, Magdalena Dragović, Jacob Gasper, Travis Yeager, Debanjana Chatterjee, Marko Pejić, Aleksandar Čučaković, and Charles Kerton

Conclusion: Beyond Artificial Light / Vladimir Ivanovici and Alice Isabella Sullivan

Notes:

"On 9 February 2023, we co-organized a virtual workshop -- "Artificial Light in Medieval Churches between Byzantium and the West" -- which sits at the foundation of the present volume."--Page vii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Artificial light in medieval churches

ISBN:

9789004747869

9004747869

OCLC:

1527883926