Tuning the mind : connecting aesthetics to cognitive science / Ruth Katz and Ruth HaCohen.
| Author/creator | Katz, Ruth, 1927- |
| Other author | HaCohen, Ruth. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, ©2003. |
| Description | xiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Moving the passions of the mind: the ascendance of a query -- From harmony of the spheres to the atmosphere of music: trends in seventeenth-and eighteenth-century art -- Music's begotten illusion -- Signs as cognitive tools -- Sense, sensibility and commonsense -- The French and German scene -- Postscript: sense and meaning interlocked. |
| Abstract | Starting from the late Renaissance, efforts to make vocal music more expressive heightened the power of words, which, in turn, gave birth to the modern semantics of musical expression. As the skepticism of seventeenth-century science divorced the acoustic properties from the metaphysical qualities of music, the door was opened to discern the rich links between musical perception and varied mental faculties. This book traces how eighteenth-century theoreticians of music examined anew the role of the arts within a general theory of knowledge. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2002072131 |
| ISBN | 0765800810 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3838 .K28 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |