Book contents
- Divine Music in Archaic and Classical Greek Art
- Divine Music in Archaic and Classical Greek Art
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- One Sculpting Divine Music
- Two Pouring Performances
- Three Painting with Music
- Four Divine Music in Context
- Five Responding to Divine Music
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Seeing Divine Music
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2024
Book contents
- Divine Music in Archaic and Classical Greek Art
- Divine Music in Archaic and Classical Greek Art
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- One Sculpting Divine Music
- Two Pouring Performances
- Three Painting with Music
- Four Divine Music in Context
- Five Responding to Divine Music
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The introduction establishes the characteristics of divine music. Noting the discrepancies between the visual and literary accounts of the gods and the variability in the instruments with which they choose to perform, Laferrière argues that the gods’ active use of their instruments lends a sonic quality to their representation. In demarcating divine music-making as distinct from human musical practices, she shows that these images require a correspondingly distinct mode of interpretation and analysis, since the scenes feature musical performances that are undertaken outside the human world.
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- Divine Music in Archaic and Classical Greek ArtSeeing the Songs of the Gods, pp. 1 - 29Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024