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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467134103321

Autore

Ivanovici Vladimir

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2016

ISBN

3-11-041818-5

3-11-041808-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Ekstasis ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

264/.014

Soggetti

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

Liturgies, Early Christian

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

Liturgy and architecture

Light in architecture - italy - Ravenna

Light - Religious aspects - Christianity

Electronic books.

Ravenna (Italy) Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.