Pallas 118/2022. Sacred Objects and Places: Realities and Imaginations.
PUMi| N° d'inventaire | 25801 |
| Format | 16 x 24 |
| Détails | 245 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Toulouse, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782810712007 |
This issue focuses on the symbolic and imaginary construction of sacred spaces and objects in Classical Antiquity, with an opening onto the modern reception of the latter. Through a series of contributions touching on literature, archaeology, and art history, it illustrates the way in which real or semi-fictional spaces or objects endowed with a religious dimension are reconfigured or resemanticized according to thought patterns or value systems in accordance with the contemporary historical and intellectual context. From Delphi to Rome via Ibiza, we will see how a sacred space is defined, how a set of sacred places functioning as a network of signs is structured, how an off-center view of a sanctuary can alter its symbolic value, and how objects linked to cults become identity and cultural markers beyond their primary function. Far from being a transcendent guarantee of intangibility and significant fixity, the sacred dimension a priori of a place or an object widely opens the range of its potential manipulations.
François RIPOLL is a professor of Latin at the University of Toulouse 2 - Jean Jaurès, member of PLH-CRATA. A specialist in Latin literature from the classical period, and more particularly in epic poetry, he notably co-directed the dossier "The Fabrication of Antiquity by the Ancients" published in Pallas 116, 2021.
This issue focuses on the symbolic and imaginary construction of sacred spaces and objects in Classical Antiquity, with an opening onto the modern reception of the latter. Through a series of contributions touching on literature, archaeology, and art history, it illustrates the way in which real or semi-fictional spaces or objects endowed with a religious dimension are reconfigured or resemanticized according to thought patterns or value systems in accordance with the contemporary historical and intellectual context. From Delphi to Rome via Ibiza, we will see how a sacred space is defined, how a set of sacred places functioning as a network of signs is structured, how an off-center view of a sanctuary can alter its symbolic value, and how objects linked to cults become identity and cultural markers beyond their primary function. Far from being a transcendent guarantee of intangibility and significant fixity, the sacred dimension a priori of a place or an object widely opens the range of its potential manipulations.
François RIPOLL is a professor of Latin at the University of Toulouse 2 - Jean Jaurès, member of PLH-CRATA. A specialist in Latin literature from the classical period, and more particularly in epic poetry, he notably co-directed the dossier "The Fabrication of Antiquity by the Ancients" published in Pallas 116, 2021.