RT Book
T1 Manipulating theophany: light and ritual in North Adriatic architeture (ca. 400-ca. 800)
T2 Ekstasis
JF Ekstasis
A1 Ivanovici, Vladimir 1983-
LA English
PP Berlin Boston
PB De Gruyter
YR 2016
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/866216553
AB 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.
CN BV6
SN 9783110418088
K1 Paulinus : of Nola, Saint : approximately 353-431
K1 Liturgies, Early Christian
K1 Baptism : History : Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Liturgy and architecture
K1 Light in architecture
K1 Architecture : Italy : Ravenna
K1 Light : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 Worship : History : Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Kirchenarchitektur
K1 Liturgie
K1 Mittelalter
K1 Reformchristentum
K1 RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic
K1 Ravenna (Italy) : Church history
K1 Hochschulschrift
DO 10.1515/9783110418088