Space, Image, Light: Toward an Understanding of Moldavian Architecture in the Fifteenth Century

IF 0.8 1区 艺术学 0 ART
A. Sullivan, Gabriel-Dinu Herea, Vladimir Ivanovici
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Abstract

Sunlight has long been harnessed to define and accentuate sacred space. This study explores several light phenomena carefully observed in the late fifteenth-century church of the Holy Cross at the former Pătrăuţi Monastery in Moldavia (modern Romania), arguing that the edifice was designed and decorated relative to the direction of sunlight on important dates throughout the liturgical year. While such use of natural light has been observed in other medieval and early modern Christian buildings, the case of Pătrăuţi stands out for its mise-en-scène of moving sunlight. Denoting awareness of cosmic phenomena and architectural know-how, the case study also attests to a careful coordination of the design of architecture, decoration, and ritual. The historic importance of the church, as one of the earliest and best-preserved examples of its kind in Moldavia, gives particular relevance to the studied light effects. The complex principles used to deploy light in this historically significant church invite further analyses along similar lines of inquiry for other medieval and early modern churches both in Moldavia and throughout the Byzantine and Slavic cultural spheres.
空间、图像、光:解读十五世纪的摩尔达维亚建筑
长期以来,阳光一直被用来定义和强调神圣的空间。这项研究探讨了在摩尔达维亚(现代罗马尼亚)前Pătrăuţi修道院的十五世纪晚期圣十字教堂中仔细观察到的几种光现象,认为该建筑的设计和装饰是相对于整个礼拜年中重要日期的阳光方向。虽然在其他中世纪和现代早期的基督教建筑中也观察到了这种对自然光的使用,但Pătrăuţi的例子因其对移动阳光的渴望而引人注目。案例研究表明了对宇宙现象和建筑知识的认识,也证明了建筑、装饰和仪式设计的精心协调。作为摩尔达维亚最早、保存最完好的教堂之一,该教堂的历史重要性与所研究的光效应特别相关。用于在这座具有历史意义的教堂中部署光线的复杂原则,促使人们对摩尔达维亚以及拜占庭和斯拉夫文化领域的其他中世纪和现代早期教堂进行类似的分析。
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期刊介绍: The Newsletter, published three times a year, includes notices of ICMA elections and other important votes of the membership, notices of ICMA meetings, conference and exhibition announcements, some employment and fellowship listings, and topical news items related to the discovery, conservation, research, teaching, publication, and exhibition of medieval art and architecture. The movement of some material traditionally included in the newsletter to the ICMA website, such as the Census of Dissertations in Medieval Art, has provided the opportunity for new features in the Newsletter, such as reports on issues of broad concern to our membership.
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