Divine Music in Archaic and Classical Greek Art - Seeing the Songs of the Gods

Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Yale University, 2017, under the title: Complex sensations of divine music in archaic and classical Greek art.

List of contents

Introduction: 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.

About the author

Carolyn M. Laferrière is Assistant Curator of Ancient Mediterranean Art at the Princeton University Art Museum and the associate editor for the journal Greek and Roman Musical Studies.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Carolyn Laferriere, Carolyn (Princeton University Art Muse Laferriere, Carolyn (Princeton University Art Museum Laferriere, Carolyn Laferrière
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781009315944
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0931594-4
• No. of pages: 302
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / Ceramics, Ancient Greece, Ceramic arts, pottery, glass, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, ART / Glass, History of Art, Painting & paintings, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek style, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks, Murals and wall paintings