Informace o projektu
Transforming the Spaces and the Minds. Materiality, Performativity and Perception in the Late Antique (4th–6th century) Baptismal Zones
(TSP)
- Kód projektu
- MUNI/H/1402/2016
- Období řešení
- 2/2017 - 12/2019
- Investor / Programový rámec / typ projektu
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Masarykova univerzita
- Grantová agentura MU
- Individuální projekty hraničního výzkumu
- Fakulta / Pracoviště MU
- Filozofická fakulta
Basing on art-historical background, this project aims to explore the complex interaction between liturgical space, images, objects, performance and human agent within the Late Antique Christian initiatory rituals (4th–6th centuries). Research on preserved monuments linked to the performance of baptismal rite will be performed by means of a three-pronged approach: 1) Materiality. A thorough analysis of objects under investigation (using physiochemical methods, radar and geothermal technologies, laser scanning and reflectography), in order to establish the dating, originality, stages of development and provenance of the materials. 2) Performativity. Comprehensive research on the collective performance of the liturgy of the initiatory ritual and the interplay of liturgical and homiletic texts, architectural space, images and music. 3) Perception. An extensive study of the subject’s perception of the baptismal space and its hierotopy, determined by a number of changing conditions, in order to consider the role of images, objects and materials in creating the transformative experience of Christian initiation.
The interdisciplinary character of the project is a means of obtaining new fundamental insights about Late Antique art and society, technical knowledge, ritual life and multisensory character of liturgical images and spaces. Moreover, the synergy created by the three-pronged approach leads to an absolutely innovative methodology in conceiving the object of arthistorical research. The overall purpose of this project is therefore twofold: on the one hand, it will offer a comprehensive study – from conception to perception – of the physical and mental spaces of Christian initiation in Late Antiquity, and on the other hand, it will formulate a protocol for interdisciplinary research that could be applied to other artistic documents and monuments. This protocol will serve as a basis for an ERC consolidator project.
Publikace
Počet publikací: 60
2020
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Solar effects in cultic architecture : A very short introduction
The Symbolic Presence of the Sun at Patrauti, rok: 2020, počet stran: 9 s.
2019
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‘The image of Adam’s Glory’ : Observations on the early Christian tradition of luminosity as iconic garment
RIHA Journal, rok: 2019, ročník: Neuveden, vydání: 30 September 2019
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Autonomous Glass Tesserae Production in Classe? Ravenna between the Sea and the Continent
Studi sulla circolazione del mosaico in area nord-adriatica, rok: 2019, počet stran: 24 s.
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Becoming Radical? Material, Visual and Performative Culture in the Conversion of Europe (4th – 6th century)
Rok: 2019, druh: Vyžádané přednášky
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Closed Doors as Bearers and Constructors of Images : Santa Sabina and Notre Dame du Puy
Convivium, rok: 2019, ročník: 6, vydání: Supplementum
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Consecrated virgins as living reliquaries in Late Antiquity
RIHA Journal, rok: 2019, ročník: Neuveden, vydání: 30 September 2019
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Dancing with Sainte Foy : Movement and the Iconic Presence
Convivium, rok: 2019, ročník: 6, vydání: 1, DOI
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From Living to Visual Images : Paradigms of Corporeal Iconicity in Late Antiquity
Rok: 2019, druh: Editorství tématického sborníku
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From Living to Visual Images. Paradigms of Corporeal Iconicity in Late Antiquity Introduction
Rok: 2019, druh: Článek v odborném periodiku (nerecenzovaný)
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Jupiter, Kristus, Chalífa : Obrazy mocných a zrození středověku (IV.–VIII. století)
Rok: 2019, počet stran: 112 s.