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Karl Kraus on Stage: between text and theatricality Ghent University
The Tragic Representation of the Prince: The Political Theology of Ernst kantorowicz and the Theatricality of Absolutism Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Ernst Kantorowicz' famous study about the theories underlying early Modern absolutism - "The King's Two Bodies" - implied a shift of paradigm about the nature of political theory itself. Not only by connecting the claim for absolute (absolutist) sovereignty with theological dogmatics, but equally by demonstrating how important performance practices and theatricality were to this claim. As a performance, modern rule by absolute sovereigns, was ...
Politics, theatricality and theology. ‘Surrogation’ in contemporary Europe Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In his monumental work The King's Two Bodies, Ernst Kantorowicz suggests that the development, in the late Middle Ages, of a secularized conception of royal sovereignty, is directly linked with 'the theatrical'. More specifically, royal succession ceremonies show clearly a subtle iconographic dramaturgy, especially in the use of the effigy. The specific combination of aspect of Roman public law with Christological elements in theology - i.e. ...
'The world is dying out.' Baroque, Thealogy and Theatricality at Krapp Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Report on theatre group Krapp, with an analysis of their productions, connecting them to notions as 'baroque' and 'thealogy'.
Theatricality, Absorption and Abstraction. An Introduction to Bovenbouw, Dogma and Malgorzata Maria Olchowska Hasselt University
The article is a contribution to the Vlaams Architectuur Instituut / Flanders Architecture Institute. It includes a discussion on architectural representations, imagery and model making in relation to the work of Bovenbouw, Dogma and Malgorzata Maria Olchowska.