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Natural Light in Medieval Churches

By Alice Isabella Sullivan , Vladimir Ivanovici

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2022
ISBN
9789004527959, 9789004527980
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
54 MB (56337867 bytes)
Series
East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, 88
Pages
365\389
Time added
2022-12-17 23:30:06

Description

Inside Christian churches, natural light has long been harnessed to underscore theological, symbolic, and ideological statements. In this volume, twenty-four international scholars with various specialties explore how the study of sunlight can reveal essential aspects of the design, decoration, and function of medieval sacred spaces. Themes covered include the interaction between patrons, advisors, architects, and artists, as well as local negotiations among competing traditions that yielded new visual and spatial constructs for which natural light served as a defining and unifying factor. The study of natural light in medieval churches reveals cultural relations, knowledge transfer patterns, processes of translation and adaptation, as well as experiential aspects of sacred spaces in the Middle Ages.

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