{"product_id":"the-sculpted-ear-aurality-and-statuary-in-the-west-perspectives-on-sensory-history-2-9780271086927","title":"The Sculpted Ear Aurality and Statuary in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines the relationship between sound and statuary in Western aesthetic thought in light of discourses on aurality emerging within the field of sound studies. Considers the sounding statue as an event and as conceptualized through acts of writing and performance.     \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Within the field of historical sound studies, Ryan McCormack claims a forceful voice. He finds his own well-reasoned way between studies of sound as a physical phenomenon and studies of ‘aural culture.’”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Bruce R. Smith,author of \u003ci\u003eThe Acoustic World of Early Modern England:Attending to the O-Factor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Sculpted Ear \u003c\/i\u003eevidences a long and rich history of sounding and hearing associated with the apparently silent art of sculpture. The book tackles important questions in sound studies, musicology, philosophy, and art history from a fresh perspective. The case studies to be found in each chapter provide new, fascinating information to the scholar of sound as well as intriguing new perspectives on the history of hearing.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—James G. Mansell,author of \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Noise in Britain: Hearing Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“By incorporating sounds from statues with events in history, \u003ci\u003eThe Sculpted Ear\u003c\/i\u003e provides a meaningful picture of statues and their interplay with historical narratives.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Constance Wallace \u003ci\u003eSound Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Elvis Leaves the Building\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Animation Introduces Animation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Breathing Voice into Laocoön’s Mouth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Imperial Possessions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Hearing a Stone Man\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Aural Skins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Now You Have to Go, Comrade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Museums of Resonance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: I Now Present Sergei Rachmaninoff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036865462615,"sku":"9780271086927","price":72.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271086927.jpg?v=1750932802","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sculpted-ear-aurality-and-statuary-in-the-west-perspectives-on-sensory-history-2-9780271086927","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}