IVANOVICI, Dan-Vladimir. Soleils nocturnes. Visions progressives dans les edifices a coupole de l’Antiquite tardive (Nocturnal suns. Staging visions in Late Antique domes). Etudes de lettres. Lausanne: Universite de Lausanne, 2018, vol. 307, No 2, p. 103-122. ISSN 0014-2026.
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Original name Soleils nocturnes. Visions progressives dans les edifices a coupole de l’Antiquite tardive
Name (in English) Nocturnal suns. Staging visions in Late Antique domes
Authors IVANOVICI, Dan-Vladimir (642 Romania, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Etudes de lettres, Lausanne, Universite de Lausanne, 2018, 0014-2026.
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Original language French
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60401 Arts, Art history
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/18:00103277
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English domes; late antiquity; middle ages; iconography; decoration
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Dan-Vladimir Ivanovici, MA, PhD, učo 240953. Changed: 15/4/2019 14:50.
Abstract
Tenant compte du cadre nocturne du rituel baptismal tardo-antique, les decorations des coupoles des baptisteres du Ve siecle de Naples et de Ravenne devoilent leurs secrets. C’est dans le contraste entre le fond bleu, qui se dematerialise dans l’obscurite, et les elements realises avec le verre dore qu’un soleil nocturne emerge, constituant le point focal de la composition. La signification du motif, son caractere et sa fonction sont abordes dans cet article, jetant une lumiere sur la dynamique complexe entre l’Eglise, les candidats et le cadre du bapteme.
Abstract (in English)
When we take into account the nocturnal setting of late antique baptism, the decoration of the domes of the fifth-century baptisteries in Naples and Ravenna reveal their secrets. It is in the contrast between the blue background, which dematerialises on the night sky, and the elements made in gold mosaic that a nocturnal sun emerges as focus point of the composition. The motif's symbolism, its character and role are discussed in the article, casting light on the complex dynamic existing between Church, candidates for baptism, and the setting of baptism.
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