The Virtual Liturgy and Ritual Artifacts in Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Katharine D. Scherff (Texas Tech University, USA)

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Routledge
03 March 2023

Series: Routledge Research in Art History

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 in-between nature of these objects as deliberate and virtual conduits to the divine. The liturgy, the altarpiece, the altar environment, relics, and their reliquaries are media. In a series of case studies, several objects tell a different story about culture and society in medieval Europe. In essence, they reveal that media and media technologies generate and modulate the individual and collective structure of feelings of sacredness among assemblages of humans and nonhumans.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, medieval studies, early modern studies, and architectural history.

By: Katharine D. Scherff (Texas Tech University USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781032274560
ISBN 10: 1032274565
Series: Routledge Research in Art History
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 03 March 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Katharine D. Scherff is Postdoc Lecturer and teaches for the School of Art and the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Center at Texas Tech University.