Visualizing Medieval Performance: Perspectives, Histories, ContextsTaking a fresh look at the interconnections between medieval images, texts, theater, and practices of viewing, reading and listening, this explicitly interdisciplinary volume explores various manifestations of performance and meanings of performativity in the Middle Ages. The contributors - from their various perspectives as scholars of art history, religion, history, literary studies, theater studies, music and dance - combine their resources to reassess the complexity of expressions and definitions of medieval performance in a variety of different media. Among the topics considered are interconnections between ritual and theater; dynamics of performative readings of illuminated manuscripts, buildings and sculptures; linguistic performances of identity; performative models of medieval spirituality; social and political spectacles encoded in ceremonies; junctures between spatial configurations of the medieval stage and mnemonic practices used for meditation; performances of late medieval music that raise questions about the issues of historicity, authenticity, and historical correctness in performance; and tensions inherent in the very notion of a medieval dance performance. |
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Contents
Performance and church exterior in 2 4 Death of Domitian John welcomed | 1 |
Bibliothèque Sainte 3 9 The Resurrected Jesus Appears | 3 |
Performance and church exterior in medieval Armenia | 17 |
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| Title | Visualizing Medieval Performance: Perspectives, Histories, Contexts An Ashgate book |
| Editor | Elina Gertsman |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Ashgate, 2008 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Dec 3, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0754664368, 9780754664369 |
| Length | 348 pages |
| Subjects | › › Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism |
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