The Virtual Liturgy, Ritual Artifacts, and Medieval and Early Modern Studies

ISBN-13: 9781032274560 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 264 str.

Katharine Scherff

Opis

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.

Spis treści

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1.  There are No Medieval Media? 

Part I  

2. Media, Mediator, And Intercessor: Remembering the Loca Sancta  

3. Mass Media and Liturgical Performance 

Part II  

4. Religious Technology and The Vièrge Ouvrante  

5. Virtually There: Expounding the Tensions Between Planar and Virtual Space Within the Ghent Altarpiece  

6. Reflections

Bibliography

Index