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Performing the sacred : Christian representation and the arts
Title
Performing the sacred : Christian representation and the arts / Edited by Carla M. Bino and Corinna Ricasoli.
ISBN
9789004517462
9004517464
9789004522183
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
Physical Description
xiv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"What does 'performance' mean in Christian culture? How is it connected to rituals, dramatic and visual arts, and the written word? Performing the Sacred: Christian Representation and the Arts explores both the meaning of re-presentation and the role of performance within the Christian tradition between arts and drama. The essays in this book demonstrate that the idea of performance was central to Christian theology and that--from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern era--it became a device through which people saw, prayed, preached, wrote, imagined, officiated rites, celebrated cults, and practiced devotions. Seen that performance is a habitus within Christianity, performing the sacred does not just mean representing it, but rather enacting it in a tangible, visible and involved way"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Performing the sacred Leiden : Brill, [2023]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 26, 2023
Series
Studies in religion and the arts ; volume 20
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The drama of Christian images: art, liturgy, sacred theatre / Timothy Verdon
A 'dramatic tun': the revolution of Christian representation / Carla M. Bino
No drama please, we're Greek: sacred plays from a Greek Orthodox perspective / Andrew Walker White
Enacting sacred narrative: biblical, liturgical, and sacramental practices in the Latin West / Nils Holger Petersen
Mary in the scriptures as container and way: Henry Adams and the Virgin of Chartres / Rachel Fulton Brown
The power of images of passion: animated sculptures of the crucified Christ and the problem of visualizing suffering in medieval art / Kamil Kopania
Women as performers of the Bible: female preaching in premodern Europe / Carolyn Muessig
Dramatic action and the participatory spectator at the Sacro Monte di Varallo: frozen theatre or immersive installation? / Allie Terry-Fritsch
The paradox of the saint actress: church and Commedia dell'Arte during the Counter-Reformation / Fabrizio Fiaschini
Performing glory: the Misteri or Festa d'Elx on contemporary stages / Francesc Massip
Performing the Bible: Christian drama and the arts / Jean-Claude Schmitt.
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