What happens when you look at a late antique painting? In what order does the gaze wander over the individual pictorial elements, where does it linger? What reactions do such images or early Christian narratives trigger in the body? Such investigations go far beyond the mere interpretation of Christian works. A research project at the University of Bonn together with the University of St Andrews brings together ancient and cognitive sciences. One important topic is immersion, which is otherwise better known from computer games.
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