Monumental Sounds: Art and Listening before Dante
Matthew G. Shoaf
Monumental Sounds: Art and Listening before Dante
Matthew G. Shoaf
An examination of interactions between sight and hearing in Italian church decoration from 1260-1320. Giotto and other artists used naturalism to activate worshipers’ spiritual listening, a source of anxiety for authorities in this age of vision.
This book has received the Weiss-Brown Publication Subvention Award from the Newberry Library, supporting the publication of outstanding works on European civilization before 1700 in the areas of music, theater, French or Italian literature, and cultural studies.
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