1st Edition
The Virtual Liturgy and Ritual Artifacts in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
By Katharine D. Scherff
Copyright 2023
264 Pages
21 Color & 34 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
264 Pages
21 Color & 34 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
264 Pages
21 Color & 34 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Katharine D. Scherff is Postdoc Lecturer and teaches for the School of Art and the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Center at Texas Tech University.
