Icons of sound voice, architecture, and imagination in Medieval art / edited by Bissera V. Pentcheva.
| Other author | Pentcheva, Bissera V. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. |
| Description | ix, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Music and visual culture |
| Contents | Singing Doors: Images, Space, and Sound in the Santa Sabina Narthex / Ivan Foletti -- Sights and Sounds of the Armenian Night Office, As Performed at Ani: A Collation of the Archaeological, Historical, and Liturgical Evidence / Christina Maranci -- The Glittering Sound of Hagia Sophia and the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross in Constantinople / Bissera V. Pentcheva -- Transcendent Visions: Voice and Icon in the Byzantine Imperial Chapels / Bissera V. Pentcheva -- Echoes and Silences of Liturgy: Liturgical Inscriptions and the Temporality of Medieval Rituals / Vincent Debiais -- Sound, Space, and Sensory Perception: The Easter Mass in the Liturgy of San Marco, Venice / Deborah Howard -- The Marble Tempest: Material Imagination, the Echoes of Nostos, and the Transfiguration of Myth in Romanesque Sculpture / Francisco Prado-Vilar -- Epilogue: A Voice from beyond the Grave: Tintoretto and the Art Historians / Alexander Nemerov. |
| Abstract | "Icons of Sound: Voice, Architecture and Imagination in Medieval Art brings together art history and sound studies to offer new perspectives on medieval churches and cathedrals as spaces where the perception of the visual is inherently shaped by sound. The chapters encompass a wide geographic and historical range, from the fifth to the fifteenth century, and from Armenia and Byzantium to Venice, Rome, and Santiago de Compostela. Contributors offer nuanced explorations of the importance of intangible sonic aura to these spaces, including the temporal and performative nature of ritual music, as well as the use of digital technology to reconstruct historical aural environments. Rooted in a decade-long interdisciplinary research project at Stanford University, Icons of Sound expands our understanding of the inherently intertwined relationship between medieval chant and liturgy, the acoustics of architectural spaces, and their visual aesthetics. Together, the contributors provide insights that are relevant across art history, sound studies, musicology, and medieval studies"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-248) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020008915 |
| ISBN | 9780367440879 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |