Divine music in archaic and classical Greek art: seeing the songs of the gods
"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 re...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greece (Antiquity)
/ Art
/ Musik (Motif)
/ God (Motif)
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| Further subjects: | B
Music in art
B Music, Greek and Roman History and criticism B Gods, Greek, in art B Thesis B Art, Greek Themes, motives |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
Erscheint auch als: Laferrière, Carolyn: Divine music in archaic and classical Greek art. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2023]. - 9781009315906 |
| 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 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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| Item Description: | Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Yale University, 2017, under the title: Complex sensations of divine music in archaic and classical Greek art Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1009315943 |