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1 online resource. |
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| Series |
Ekstasis : religious experience from antiquity to the Middle Ages,
1865-8792 ;
Volume 3
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Ekstasis (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; v. 3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Paulinus of Nola and the new visual rhetoric of sanctity -- Light in late antique baptismal theory and practice -- Initiation and light theophanies in late antiquity -- Christian bishops on reflecting the image of God at Baptism -- Reproducing the divine light -- Ambrosian tradition -- Peter chrysologus and Baptism in fifth-century Ravenna -- Orthodox Baptistery in Ravenna -- Iconography -- Cupola's central scene -- The ... xopó of the Apostles -- Thrones and altars register -- Level of the windows and of the Stucco Prophets -- Floor level -- Conclusion : encountering the divine in fifth-century Ravenna -- Archbishops' Chapel in Ravenna -- Ravenna at the beginning of the sixth century -- Chapel and the orthodox Baptistery -- Architecture -- Inscription -- Iconography -- Light -- Conclusion -- Light in the context of the Eucharistie liturgy -- Ps.-Dionysius the areopagite -- San vitale in Ravenna -- Juliana Anicia and "Justinianic" churches -- Sixth-century Ravenna and the Church of San Vitale -- Venantius fortunatus and the Ravennate experience -- Architecture -- Orientation and openings -- Decoration -- Textures and colours -- Metal paraphernalia and artificial lights -- Figurative decoration -- Liturgy -- New ritual mise-en-scène on the adriatic shores -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Excursus : the tempietto longobardo in Cividale -- Between east and west -- Tempietto -- Use and meaning of light -- Manipulating theophany on the eve of the carolingian renaissance -- Bibliography -- Index of persons -- Index of places. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Paulinus, of Nola, Saint, approximately 353-431.
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Paulinus, of Nola, Saint, approximately 353-431. |
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Worship -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Liturgies, Early Christian.
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Liturgies, Early Christian. |
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Baptism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Liturgy and architecture.
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Liturgy and architecture. |
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Light in architecture.
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Light in architecture. |
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Architecture -- Italy -- Ravenna.
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Architecture. |
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Italy -- Ravenna. |
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Light -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Light -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Ravenna (Italy) -- Church history.
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30-600 |
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Electronic books.
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Church history.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ivanovici, Vladimir. Manipulating theophany. Boston : De Gruyter, 2016 9783110376326 (DLC) 2016034351 |
| ISBN |
9783110418088 (Pdf) |
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3110418088 (Pdf) |
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9783110418187 (Epub) |
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3110418185 (Epub) |
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9783110418095 |
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3110418096 |
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9783110376326 (hardcover 23 x 15,5 ; alkaline paper) |
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3110376326 |
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