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Divine Music in Archaic and Classical Greek Art : Seeing the Songs of the Gods by Carolyn Laferrière (2024, Hardcover)
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Divine Music in Archaic and Classical Greek Art : Seeing the Songs of the Gods, Hardcover by Laferrière, Carolyn, ISBN 1009315943, ISBN-13 9781009315944, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "This book examines Athenian vase-paintings and reliefs that depict the gods most frequently shown as musicians, showing how these images could visually suggest the the sounds of the music the gods made. It brings together formal analysis together with literary and archaeological evidence to reconstruct the musical culture of Athens"--
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101009315943
ISBN-139781009315944
eBay Product ID (ePID)7061254160
Product Key Features
Book TitleDivine Music in Archaic and Classical Greek Art : Seeing the Songs of the Gods
Number of Pages298 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicHistory & Criticism, History / Ancient & Classical
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic, Art
AuthorCarolyn Laferrière
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Length10.3 in
Item Width7.3 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2023-022471
Dewey Edition23/eng/20230605
Dewey Decimal780/.073
Table Of ContentIntroduction: Seeing divine music; 1. Sculpting divine music; 2. Pouring performances; 3. Painting with music; 4. Divine music in context; 5. Responding to divine music; Conclusion: Experiencing divine music.
SynopsisIn this volume, Carolyn M. Laferrière examines Athenian vase-paintings and reliefs depicting the gods most frequently shown as musicians to reconstruct how images suggest the sounds of the music the gods made. Incorporating insights from recent work in sensory studies, she considers formal analysis together with literary and archaeological evidence to explore the musical culture of Athens. Laferrière argues that images could visually suggest the sounds of the gods' music. This representational strategy, whereby sight and sound are blurred, conveys the 'unhearable' nature of their music: because it cannot be physically heard, it falls to the human imagination to provide its sounds and awaken viewers' multisensory engagement with the images. Moreover, when situated within their likely original contexts, the objects establish a network of interaction between the viewer, the visualized music, and the landscape, all of which determined how divine music was depicted, perceived, and reciprocated. Laferrière demonstrates that participation in the gods' musical performances offered worshippers a multisensory experience of divine presence., This book examines Athenian vase-paintings and reliefs that depict the gods most frequently shown as musicians, showing how these images could visually suggest the sounds of the music the gods made. It brings together formal analysis together with literary and archaeological evidence to reconstruct the musical culture of Athens.
LC Classification NumberML85.L23 2023
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