Auralizacija sakralnih prostora i likovni programi: nove perspektive i mogućnosti istraživanja

Abstract

Doživljaj prisustva svetosti bio je gotovo pretpostavljeno čulno iskustvo za srednjovekovne ljude. Poslednjih decenija istraživanja uloge svetla, mirisa i performativnih aspekata likovnih programa u dočaravanju prisustva svetosti unutar srednjovekovnih crkava omogućila su nove perspektive u razumevanju sakralne vizuelne kulture. Interdisciplinarna grupa naučnika okupljena oko projekta Soundscapes of Byzantium doprinela je jasnijem uvidu o važnosti zvuka kada je reč o oblikovanju vizantijskih sakralnih prostora istraživanjem auralizacije osam crkava u Solunu. Ne samo da je potvrđeno kako su promene u arhitekturi i likovnim programima išle paralelno sa promenama u bogosluženju i pojanju već je utvrđena i veza između likovnih programa i akustičkih karakteristika crkava.

The presence of the sacred was experienced by the senses in the Middle Ages. In the last decades, the research on the role of light, smell, and the performative aspects of pictorial programs in evoking the presence of holiness within the medieval churches provided new perspectives in understanding the sacral visual culture. The interdisciplinary group of scientists gathered around the project Soundscapes of Byzantium contributed to better insight into the importance that sound had in fashioning Byzantine sacred spaces by researching the auralization of the eight churches in Thessaloniki. It is not only attested that changes in architecture went hand in hand with the changes in liturgical rite and chanting but the connection between pictorial programs and acoustical characteristics of the churches has also been shown.