The first full-length, interdisciplinary study of the Greek performing arts - theatre, rhetoric and ritual - between antiquity and the Renaissance.
Author: Andrew Walker White
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107073852
Category: History
Page: 278
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The first full-length, interdisciplinary study of the Greek performing arts - theatre, rhetoric and ritual - between antiquity and the Renaissance.Although the relationship between religious practices and ritual is not a new field of ... 104 Andrew Walker White, Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium ...
Author: Andrew Mellas
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108487597
Category: History
Page: 222
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Emotions in Byzantium came to life through hymnody, which invited the faithful to step into a liturgical world of compunction.The Byzantine World (London: Routledge, 2010), 175–87; Andrew Walker White, Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium (Cambridge University Press, ...
Author: Roland Betancourt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781108491396
Category: Art
Page: 320
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Tracing the Gospel text from script to illustration to recitation, explores the ritual and architectural context of illuminated manuscripts.13 A. W. White, Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium (Cambridge, 2015); R. Nelson, 'Emphatic Vision: Looking at and with a Performative Byzantine ...
Author: Teresa Shawcross
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108304900
Category: History
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Offering a comprehensive introduction to the history of books, readers and reading in the Byzantine Empire and its sphere of influence, this volume addresses a paradox. Advanced literacy was rare among imperial citizens, being restricted by gender and class. Yet the state's economic, religious and political institutions insisted on the fundamental importance of the written record. Starting from the materiality of codices, documents and inscriptions, the volume's contributors draw attention to the evidence for a range of interactions with texts. They examine the role of authors, compilers and scribes. They look at practices such as the close perusal of texts in order to produce excerpts, notes, commentaries and editions. But they also analyse the social implications of the constant intersection of writing with both image and speech. Showcasing current methodological approaches, this collection of essays aims to place a discussion of Byzantium within the mainstream of medieval textual studies.The frivolous imitation of ecclesiastical ritual, roundly condemned by Justinian ... Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium (Cambridge, UK, 2015), 74–77.
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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004442566
Category: History
Page: 400
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This volume explores various forms, functions and meanings of satirical texts written in the Middle Byzantine period.The first history of Greek theatre from Hellenistic times to the foundation of Modern Greece, marked by significant discontinuities.
Author: Walter Puchner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107059474
Category: History
Page: 350
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This first general history of Greek theatre from Hellenistic times to the foundation of the Modern Greek state in 1830 marks a radical departure from traditional methods of historiography. We like to think of history unfolding continuously, in an evolutionary form, but the story of Greek theatre is rather different. After traditional theatre ended in the sixth and seventh centuries, no traditional drama was written or performed on stage throughout the Greek-speaking world for centuries due to the Orthodox Church's hostile attitude toward spectacles. With the reinvention of theatre in Renaissance Italy, however, Greek theatre was revived in Crete under Venetian rule in the late sixteenth century. The following centuries saw the restoration of Greek theatre at various locations, albeit characterized by numerous ruptures and discontinuities in terms of geography, stylistics, thematic approaches and ideologies. These diverse developments were only 'normalized' with the establishment of the Greek nation state.A. W. White, Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium (Cambridge, 2015); Marciniak, Greek Drama in Byzantine Times. H. Maguire ('Byzantine rhetoric, ...
Author: Andrea Olsen Lam
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781351185578
Category: History
Page: 438
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For those within the fields of art history and Byzantine studies, Professor Henry Maguire needs no introduction. His publications transformed the way art historians approach medieval art through his insightful integration of rhetoric, poetry and non-canonical objects into the study of Byzantine art. His ground-breaking studies of Byzantine art that consider the natural world, magic and imperial imagery, among other themes, have redefined the ways medieval art is interpreted. From notable monuments to small-scale and privately used objects, Maguire’s work has guided a generation of scholars to new conclusions about the place of art and its function in Byzantium. In this volume, 23 of Henry Maguire’s colleagues and friends have contributed papers in his honour, resulting in studies that reflect the broad range of his scholarly interests.On this idealization, see also A. Walker White, Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium (Cambridge, 2015), p. 188. 43. Reinkowski, “Hidden Believers,” pp.
Author: Chrysovalantis Kyriacou
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9781498551168
Category: History
Page: 354
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This study examines Cypriot society from the crusader conquest of the island in 1191 to the Ottoman conquest of 1571. The author analyzes the ethnic, cultural, and religious landscape of Cyprus and argues that Cypriots adopted a nonviolent, covert form of anti-Latin resistance.Spingou, F. Sources for Byzantine Art History, vol. 3: The Visual Culture of Later ... Walker White, A. (2015) Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium.
Author: Stratis Papaioannou
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199351763
Category: History
Page: 784
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"Byzantine literary studies, despite their long scholarly tradition, remain a fragile enterprise, just as Byzantine Greek literature continues to be a relatively exotic domain. The present volume, the first of its kind in English, maps this literature and the field of its study, aiming to provide a true vade mecum, that will accompany as well as invite readers of Byzantine texts. In twenty-five chapters, composed by leading specialists, the volume surveys the immense body of Greek literature produced from the fourth to the fifteenth century CE, and propagates a nuanced understanding of what "literature" was in Byzantium, highlighting key problems, and presenting basic research tools. Four parts structure the volume. Part I, "Materials, Norms, Codes", presents basic matrices for literary creation in Byzantium: language, manuscript book culture, theories of literature, and systems of textual memory, from within the history of Greek (classical literature and ancient myth) and from without (literature translated into Greek from other languages). Part II, "Forms", deals with the "how" of Byzantine literature: oral discourse and "text"; storytelling; rhetoric; rewriting; verse; and song. Part III, "Agents", focuses on the "creators" of Byzantine literature, both its producers and its recipients. Part IV, "Translation, Transmission, Edition", surveys the three main ways by which we access Byzantine Greek literature today: translations into other Byzantine languages during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages; Byzantine and post-Byzantine manuscripts; and modern, printed editions. A final, concluding chapter offers a view of the recent past and the likely future of Byzantine literary studies"--Through Their Own Eyes: Liturgy as the Byzantines Saw It. Berkeley: InterOrthodox Press. White, Andrew Walker. 2015. Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium ...
Author: John A. Jillions
Publisher: MDPI
ISBN: 9783038426974
Category: Social Science
Page: 218
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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Inward Being and Outward Identity: The Orthodox Churches in the 21st Century" that was published in ReligionsThe Canopy and the Byzantine Church Jelena Bogdanovic, Jelena Bogdanović. Wharton, A.J. (1988). Art of Empire. ... Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium.
Author: Jelena Bogdanovic
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780190465186
Category: Architecture
Page: 408
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The Framing of Sacred Space offers the first topical study of canopies as essential spatial and symbolic units in Byzantine-rite churches. Centrally planned columnar structures--typically comprised of four columns and a roof--canopies had a critical role in the modular processes of church design, from actual church furnishings in the shape of a canopy to the church's structural core. As architectonic objects of basic structural and design integrity, canopies integrate an archetypical image of architecture and provide means for an innovative understanding of the materialization of the idea of the Byzantine church and its multi-focal spatial presence. The Framing of Sacred Space considers both the material and conceptual framing of sacred space and explains how the canopy bridges the physical and transcendental realms. As a crucial element of church design in the Byzantine world, a world that gradually abandoned the basilica as a typical building of Roman imperial secular architecture, the canopy carried tectonic and theological meanings and, through vaulted, canopied bays and recognizable Byzantine domed churches, established organic architectural, symbolic, and sacred ties between the Old and New Covenants. In such an overarching context, the canopy becomes an architectural parti, a vital concept and dynamic design principle that carries the essence of the Byzantine church. The Framing of Sacred Space highlights significant factors in understanding canopies through specific architectural settings and the Byzantine concepts of space, thus also contributing to larger debates about the creation of sacred space and related architectural taxonomy.Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Wanek, Nina Maria, ed. Psaltike: Neue Studien zur byzantinischen Musik ...
Author: Christina M. Gschwandtner
Publisher: Fordham University Press
ISBN: 9780823286447
Category: Philosophy
Page: 352
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What does it mean to experience and engage in religious ritual? How does liturgy structure time and space? How do our bodies move within liturgy, and what impact does it have on our senses? How does the experience of ritual affect us and shape our emotions or dispositions? How is liturgy experienced as a communal event, and how does it form the identity of those who participate in it? Welcoming Finitude explores these broader questions about religious experience by focusing on the manifestation of liturgical experience in the Eastern Christian tradition. Drawing on the methodological tools of contemporary phenomenology and on insights from liturgical theology, the book constitutes a philosophical exploration of Orthodox liturgical experience.Wellesz, Egon, A History of Byzantine Music and Hymnography (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961). White, Andrew Walker, Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium ...
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9781350150393
Category: Religion
Page: 280
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Compunction was one of the most important emotions for medieval Christianity; in fact, through its confessional function, compunction became the primary means for an affective sinner to gain redemption. Cultures of Compunction in the Medieval World explores how such emotion could be expressed, experienced and performed in medieval European society. Using a range of disciplinary approaches – including history, philosophy, art history, literary studies, performance studies and linguistics – this book examines how and why emotions which now form the bedrock of modern western culture were idealized in the Middle Ages. By bringing together expertise across disciplines and medieval languages, this important book demonstrates the ubiquity and impact of compunction for medieval life and makes wider connections between devotional, secular and quotidian areas of experience.... mimo anticristiano,” in Elizabeth Livingstone, ed., Studia Patristica 24 (1993): 164–8; and Andrew Walker White, Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium ...
Author: Paul M. Blowers
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192595935
Category: Religion
Page: 320
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Despite the pervasive early Christian repudiation of pagan theatrical art, especially prior to Constantine, this monograph demonstrates the increasing attention of late-ancient Christian authors to the genre of tragedy as a basis to explore the complexities of human finitude, suffering, and mortality in relation to the wisdom, justice, and providence of God. The book argues that various Christian writers, particularly in the post-Constantinian era, were keenly devoted to the mimesis, or imaginative re-presentation, of the tragic dimension of creaturely existence more than with simply mimicking the poetics of the classical Greek and Roman tragedians. It analyses a whole array of hermeneutical, literary, and rhetorical manifestations of " in early Christian writing, which, capitalizing on the elements of tragedy already perceptible in biblical revelation, aspired to deepen and edify Christian engagement with multiform evil and with the extreme vicissitudes of historical existence. Early Christian tragical mimetics included not only interpreting (and often amplifying) the Bible's own tragedies for contemporary audiences, but also developing models of the Christian self as a tragic self, revamping the Christian moral conscience as a tragical conscience, and cultivating a distinctively Christian tragical pathos. The study culminates in an extended consideration of the theological intelligence and accountability of " and tragical mimesis in early Christian literary culture, and the unique role of the theological virtue of hope in its repertoire of tragical emotions.The Revival of the Byzantine Musical Tradition at Mount Athos Tore Tvarnø Lind ... Byzantine music, and Orthodox ritual on the body is profound, ...
Author: Tore Tvarnø Lind
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810881471
Category: Music
Page: 241
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In The Past Is Always Present, Tore Tvarno Lind examines the musical revival of Greek Orthodox chant at the monastery of Vatopaidi within the monastic society of Mount Athos, Greece. In particular, Lind focuses on the musical activities at the monastery and the meaning of the past in the monks' efforts at improving their musical performance practice through an emphasis on tradition. Based on a decade of intense fieldwork and extensive interviews with members of Athos' monastic community, Lind covers a vast array of topics. From musical notation and the Greek oral tradition to CD covers and music production, the tension between tradition and modernity in the musical activity of the Athonite community raises a clear challenge to the quest to bring together Orthodox spirituality and quietude with musical production. The Past Is Always Present addresses all of these matters by focusing on the significance and meaning of the local chanting style. As Lind argues, Byzantine chant cannot be fully grasped in musicological terms alone, outside the context of prayer. Yet because chant is fundamentally a way of communicating with God, the sound generated must be exactly right, pushing issues of music notation, theory, and performance practice to the forefront. Byzantine chant, Lind ultimately argues, is a modern phenomenon as the monastic communities of Mount Athos negotiate with the realities of modern Orthodox identity in Greece. By reporting on the musical revival activities of this remarkable community through the topics of notation, musical theory, drone-singing, and spiritual silence, Lind looks at the ways in which Athonite heritage is shaped, touching upon the Byzantine chant's contemporary relationship with practice of pilgrimage and the phenomenon of religious tourism. Offering unique insights into the monastic culture at Mount Athos, The Past Is Always Present is for those especially interested in sacred music, past and present Greek culture, monastic life, religious tourism, and the fields of ethnomusicology and anthropology."“Performing the Sacred in Byzantium: Image, Breath, and Sound. ... Orthodox Readings of Aquinas: Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology.
Author: Bissera Pentcheva
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781351786881
Category: Music
Page: 258
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Emerging from the challenge to reconstruct sonic and spatial experiences of the deep past, this multidisciplinary collection of ten essays explores the intersection of liturgy, acoustics, and art in the churches of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Rome and Armenia, and reflects on the role digital technology can play in re-creating aspects of the sensually rich performance of the divine word. Engaging the material fabric of the buildings in relationship to the liturgical ritual, the book studies the structure of the rite, revealing the important role chant plays in it, and confronts both the acoustics of the physical spaces and the hermeneutic system of reception of the religious services. By then drawing on audio software modelling tools in order to reproduce some of the visual and aural aspects of these multi-sensory public rituals, it inaugurates a synthetic approach to the study of the premodern sacred space, which bridges humanities with exact sciences. The result is a rich contribution to the growing discipline of sound studies and an innovative convergence of the medieval and the digital.... in effect, playing to his strengths, demonstrating the benefits of the new ... programme for Byzantine orthodox culture with reference to the late roman ...
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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004258150
Category: History
Page: 604
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Comparative approaches to political rituals and ceremonies in Byzantium and other court cultures of the Mediterranean basin form the subject of this collective volume, which examines related topics from the viewpoint of transformation, succession, appropriation, and representation in art and literature.... 127-8,129 Brecht, Bertolt 104 Buddhism, Theravada 102 Byzantium 158, 159 Eastern Orthodox Church 159 Calvary 70, 74-5, 82 Caruana, Arigelik 12, 17, ...
Author: Michael Bull
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781000189599
Category: Social Science
Page: 240
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Ritual has long been a central concept in anthropological theories of religious transmission. Ritual, Performance and the Senses offers a new understanding of how ritual enables religious representations – ideas, beliefs, values – to be shared among participants. Focusing on the body and the experiential nature of ritual, the book brings together insights from three distinct areas of study: cognitive/neuroanthropology, performance studies and the anthropology of the senses. Eight chapters by scholars from each of these sub-disciplines investigate different aspects of embodied religious practice, ranging from philosophical discussions of belief to explorations of the biological processes taking place in the brain itself. Case studies range from miracles and visionary activity in Catholic Malta to meditative practices in theatrical performance and include three pilgrimage sites: the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the festival of Ramlila in Ramnagar, India and the mountain shrine of the Lord of the Shiny Snow in Andean Peru.Understanding ritual allows us to understand processes at the very centre of human social life and humanity itself, making this an invaluable text for students and scholars in anthropology, cognitive science, performance studies and religious studies.approach: the way of negation through which Orthodoxy attempts to point to the ... In The Sensual Icon: Space, Ritual, and the Senses in Byzantium, ...
Author: Jodie McNeilly
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9781137410276
Category: Performing Arts
Page: 264
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Performance and Temporalisation features a collection of scholars and artists writing about the coming forth of time as human experience. Whether drawing, designing, watching performance, being baptised, playing cricket, dancing, eating, walking or looking at caves, each explores the making of time through their art, scholarship and everyday lives.The bishop and his clergy played a central part in the rituals of local and ... To some extent too the day and the week were ordered by the performance of ...
Author: Mark Whittow
Publisher: Macmillan International Higher Education
ISBN: 9781349247653
Category: Asia
Page: 504
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The book is a clear, up-to-date, reassessment of the Byzantine empire during a crucial phase in the history of the Near East. Against a geopolitical background (well-illustrated with 14 maps), it covers the last decade of the Roman empire as a superpower of the ancient world, the catastrophic crisis of the seventh century and the means whereby its embattled Byzantine successor hung on in Constantinople and Asia Minor until the Abbasid Caliphate's decline opened up new perspectives for Christian power in the Near East. Not confined to any narrow definition of Byzantine history, the empire's neighbours, allies and enemies in Europe and Asia also receive extensive treatment.