The virtual liturgy and ritual artifacts in medieval and early modern studies:

"Examining the history of altar decorations, this study of the visual liturgy grapples with many of the previous theoretical frameworks to reveal the evolution and function of these ritual objects. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book uses traditional art historical methodologies and...

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Main Author: Scherff, Katharine (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY ; London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2023
Series:Routledge research in art history
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Examining the history of altar decorations, this study of the visual liturgy grapples with many of the previous theoretical frameworks to reveal the evolution and function of these ritual objects. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book uses traditional art historical methodologies and media technology theory to reexamine ritual objects. Previous analysis has not considered the in-between nature of these objects as deliberate and virtual conduits to the divine. The liturgy, the altarpiece, the altar environment, relics, and their reliquaries are media. In a series of case studies, several objects tell a different story about culture and society in medieval Europe. In essence, they reveal that media and media technologies generate and modulate the individual and collective structure of feeling of sacredness among assemblages of humans and nonhumans. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, medieval studies, early modern studies, and architectural history"--
Physical Description:xi, 148 Seiten Illustrationen (teilweise farbig)
ISBN:9781032274560
9781032304793