{"product_id":"icons-of-sound-9780367568948","title":"Icons of Sound","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIcons of Sound: Voice, Architecture, and Imagination in Medieval Art\u003c\/em\u003e brings together art history and sound studies to offer new perspectives on medieval churches and cathedrals as spaces where the perception of the visual is inherently shaped by sound. The chapters encompass a wide geographic and historical range, from the fifth to the fifteenth century, and from Armenia and Byzantium to Venice, Rome, and Santiago de Compostela. Contributors offer nuanced explorations of the intangible sonic aura produced in these places by the ritual music and harness the use of digital technology to reconstruct historical aural environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in a decade-long interdisciplinary research project at Stanford University, \u003ci\u003eIcons of Sound \u003c\/i\u003eexpands our understanding of the inherently intertwined relationship between medieval chant and liturgy, the acoustics of architectural spaces, and their visual aesthetics. Together, the contributors provide insights that are relevant across \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBissera V. Pentcheva\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. \u003cem\u003eSinging Doors: Images, Space, and Sound in the Santa Sabina Narthex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIvan Foletti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eSights and Sounds of the Armenian Night Office, as Performed at Ani: A Collation of the Archaeological, Historical, and Liturgical Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristina Maranci\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. \u003ci\u003eThe Glittering Sound of Hagia Sophia and the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross in Constantinople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBissera V. Pentcheva\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. \u003ci\u003eTranscendent Visions: Voice and Icon in the Byzantine Imperial Chapels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBissera V. Pentcheva\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eEchoes and Silences of Liturgy: Liturgical Inscriptions and the Temporality of Medieval Rituals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincent Debiais\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. \u003ci\u003eSound, Space, and Sensory Perception: The Easter Mass in the Liturgy of San Marco, Venice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeborah Howard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. \u003ci\u003eThe Marble Tempest: Material Imagination, the Echoes of \u003cb\u003eNostos\u003c\/b\u003e, and the Transfiguration of Myth in Romanesque Sculpture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancisco Prado-Vilar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: A Voice from beyond the Grave: Tintoretto among the Art Historians\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander Nemerov\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359025594711,"sku":"9780367568948","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367568948.jpg?v=1754123270","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/icons-of-sound-9780367568948","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}