Presence, Face, and Light: The Liturgical Assembly as an Icon

Architect Jean-Marie Duthilleul can be reproached with leaving out images in his layout of liturgical spaces. However he may only be tackling the issue in a different way. Indeed the way he fits the assembly in the liturgical space can remind us of the way icons are painted. In this study I will try...

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Main Author: Sauvé, Julien (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2022
In: Studia liturgica
Year: 2022, Volume: 52, Issue: 2, Pages: 174-181
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Duthilleul, Jean-Marie 1952- / Sacral building / Space / Liturgy / Participant in / Community / Icon
IxTheo Classification:CE Christian art
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
RC Liturgy
Further subjects:B duthilleul
B Light
B liturgical space
B Presence
B Icon
B Face
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Summary:Architect Jean-Marie Duthilleul can be reproached with leaving out images in his layout of liturgical spaces. However he may only be tackling the issue in a different way. Indeed the way he fits the assembly in the liturgical space can remind us of the way icons are painted. In this study I will try to see if this hypothesis has any grounding by first recalling the norms concerning liturgical space and images, then by scrutinizing Duthilleul's approach to liturgical space and then by comparing it with that of an iconographer from three specific points of view : presence, face and light.
ISSN:2517-4797
Contains:Enthalten in: Studia liturgica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00393207221084538