Monumental Sounds - Art and Listening Before Dante

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.

About the author

Matthew G. Shoaf, Ph.D. (2003, University of Chicago) is a former Associate Professor of Art History at Ursinus College. He has published articles on art and sound in Word & Image and has edited several books.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew G Shoaf, Matthew G. Shoaf
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.06.2021
• EAN: 9789004415003
• ISBN: 978-90-04-41500-3
• No. of pages: 316
• Weight: 710 g
• Series: Brill's Studies on Art, Art Hi
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries