Step by Step Towards the Sacred

Ritual, Movement, and Visual Culture in the Middle Ages

by Anna Adashinskaya, Luca Capriotti, Ivan Foletti, Martin F. Lesak, Pamela Nourrigeon, Sabina Rosenbergova, Nebojsa Stankovic and Veronika Tvrznikova and edited by Sabina Rosenbergova, Veronika Tvrznikova and Martin F. Lesak

Book cover: Step by Step Towards the Sacred

Extent: 144 pages

Publisher: Viella – libreria editrice

Subjects: Art & Art History, Medieval Studies

Series: I libri di Viella. Arte / Studia Artium Medievalium Brunensia

Series volume number: 10

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(October 2020)

ISBN: 9788833137018

Price: $41.00

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The articles published in this volume aim to contribute to the art historical debates on the role of visual culture within medieval rituals and how the latter were experienced bodily. The studies focus on the essential importance of movement within medieval religious practice and its impact on production, conception, perception, and use of artistic objects and architecture in the Middle Ages. At their core is the moving body, individual or collective, which enters into dialogue with the surrounding architectural or urban space, artefacts, and images, thus awakening their sacred potential with each and every step. Shifting attention to the movement of the worshipers and the objects themselves, this book wishes to instigate further discussion on various medieval visual cultures.

  • By (author) Anna Adashinskaya
  • By (author) Luca Capriotti
  • By (author) Ivan Foletti
  • By (author) Martin F Lesak
  • By (author) Pamela Nourrigeon
  • By (author) Sabina Rosenbergova
  • By (author) Nebojsa Stankovic
  • By (author) Veronika Tvrznikova
  • Edited by Martin F. Lesak
  • Edited by Sabina Rosenbergova
  • Edited by Veronika Tvrznikova