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
2019
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Krajina jako galerie obrazů. Stěhovaví historici umění a jejich pouť časem
Rok: 2019, druh: Vyžádané přednášky
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Liminality and Medieval Art : from Space to Rituals and to the Imagination
Convivium, rok: 2019, ročník: 2019, vydání: Supplementum
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Medieval Art and Czechoslovakia : Between Nationalist Discourse and Transcultural Reality, and Introduction
Inventing Medieval Czechoslovakia 1918–1968 : Between Slavs, Germans, and Totalitarian Regimes, rok: 2019, počet stran: 10 s.
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Milan sans frontieres : Le culte et la circulation des reliques ambrosiennes, l'art et l'architecture (IVe-VIe siecle)
Rok: 2019, počet stran: 286 s.
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Milano capitale, tra Roma e Ravenna : circolazione di botteghe, di materiali e di idee
Studi sulla circolazione del mosaico in area nord-adriatica, rok: 2019, počet stran: 22 s.
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Movement, Images and Iconic Presence in the Medieval World
Rok: 2019, druh: Editorství tématického sborníku
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Ravenna : Sedes Imperii : Artistic Trajectories in the Late Antique Mediterranean
Rok: 2019, počet stran: 264 s.
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Spaces of Initiation(s): Some Introductory considerations
Rok: 2019, druh: Vyžádané přednášky
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SPACES OF INITIATION. Objects, Images, and Rituals in the Middle Ages
Rok: 2019, druh: Uspořádání workshopu
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The Movement and the Experience of "Iconic Presence" : An Introduction
Convivium, rok: 2019, ročník: 6, vydání: 1, DOI