Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Capturing light in Late Antique Ravenna a new interpretation of the archbishops’ chapel
View through CrossRef
Analysing the cultural context in which the archbishops? chapel in Ravenna
was built, the article proposes a new interpretation of the structure.
Designed in a period when the Catholic Church and the Arian court were
clashing, and displaying numerous baptismal motifs, the chapel seems to have
been designed as a secluded baptistery. The structure?s baptismal character
transpires from its architecture and iconography, analysed here on the
backdrop offered by Late Antique baptismal theory and iconography.
Title: Capturing light in Late Antique Ravenna a new interpretation of the archbishops’ chapel
Description:
Analysing the cultural context in which the archbishops? chapel in Ravenna
was built, the article proposes a new interpretation of the structure.
Designed in a period when the Catholic Church and the Arian court were
clashing, and displaying numerous baptismal motifs, the chapel seems to have
been designed as a secluded baptistery.
The structure?s baptismal character
transpires from its architecture and iconography, analysed here on the
backdrop offered by Late Antique baptismal theory and iconography.
Related Results
Constantinople as 'New Rome'
Constantinople as 'New Rome'
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> &...
Music in the Chapel of King Henry VI
Music in the Chapel of King Henry VI
Used geographically, the title “Chapel of King Henry VI” may naturally turn the mind, especially the musical mind, to King's Chapel at Cambridge; but, as you will have seen from th...
Ravenna on the Grand Tour: A View of Late Antiquity in the Eighteenth Century
Ravenna on the Grand Tour: A View of Late Antiquity in the Eighteenth Century
Abstract
Ravenna, the former grand capital of the late Roman and early Byzantine Empires and a popular modern UNESCO World Heritage site, is a city rarely included i...
Artwork Analysis of Anastasis Fresco at Khora South Chapel and Its Interaction with the Architectural Program
Artwork Analysis of Anastasis Fresco at Khora South Chapel and Its Interaction with the Architectural Program
In this article, it is aimed to analyze the Anastasis fresco in the south chapel of the Khora Monastery and to examine the relationship of this work with the architectural program ...
Late Antique Knossos. Understanding the city: evidence of mosaics and religious architecture
Late Antique Knossos. Understanding the city: evidence of mosaics and religious architecture
Interpretation of the historical and epigraphical data can only provide a bare outline of the political and social environment of Knossos between the 5th and 7th centuries AD. Cons...
Divine Kingship and Dynastic Display: The Altar Wall Murals Of St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster
Divine Kingship and Dynastic Display: The Altar Wall Murals Of St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster
Destroyed by fire in 1834, St Stephen's Chapel at the Palace of Westminster was undoubtedly one of the most opulent and enduringly influential English building programmes of the la...
Rome, Ravenna and the last western emperors
Rome, Ravenna and the last western emperors
ROMA, RAVENNA E GLI ULTIMI IMPERATORI D'OCCIDENTENonostante Ravenna sia stata a lungo considerata come la capitale degli imperatori tardo-romani e dei loro successori in Occidente,...
Matisse in Vence: Die Kapelle als Atelier
Matisse in Vence: Die Kapelle als Atelier
Abstract
This essay aims at a re-evaluation of Henri Matisse’s Chapel at Vence. It accounts for all major elements of the chapel’s decoration, including the celebrat...