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SUMMARY:Sense of Place lecture series: &quot\;Hagia Sophia: The Space In-b
 etween Heaven and Earth&quot\;\, Bissera Pentcheva (Stanford) - Prof. Biss
 era V. Pentcheva (Stanford University)
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DESCRIPTION:Drawing on art and architectural history\, liturgy\, musicolog
 y\, and acoustics\, this study explores the Byzantine paradigm of animatio
 n as manifested in Hagia Sophia\, arguing that it emerges in the visual an
 d sonic mirroring\, in the chiastic structure of the psalmody\, and in the
  prosody of the sung poetry.  Together these elements orchestrate a multi-
 sensory experience that has the potential to destabilize the divide betwee
 n real and oneiric\, placing the faithful in a space in between terrestria
 l and celestial. \n\n*Bio:*\nBissera Pentcheva teaches medieval art at Sta
 nford University. Her research focuses on animation\, phenomenology\, aest
 hetics\, and acoustics. Her articles have appeared in the Art Bulletin\, G
 esta\, and Dumbarton Oaks Papers and her monographs include: \nIcons and P
 ower: The Mother of God in Byzantium\, Penn State Press 2006 and \nThe Sen
 sual Icon: Space Ritual and The Senses in Byzantium\nHer third book\, Hagi
 a Sophia: Sound\, Space\, and Spirit in Byzantium\, will appear  with Penn
  State Press in 2017.\nShe is currently preparing an edited volume\, Aural
  Architecture: Music\, Acoustics and Ritual in Byzantium\, Ashgate/Routled
 ge 2017.
LOCATION:Umney Theatre\, Robinson College\, Cambridge
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