Manipulating Theophany: Light and Ritual in North Adriatic Architecture (Ca. 400-Ca. 800)

by Vladimir Ivanovici

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-sc ne 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 manner
in which the luminous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110376326
• ISBN13: 9783110376326
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"