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Music in the Art of Renaissance Italy, 1420-1540

Music in the Art of Renaissance Italy, 1420-1540

Raninen, Sanna
Sessini, Serenella
Shephard, Tim

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History

Art HistoryMedieval & Renaissance HistoryMusic Reference

ISBN10: 191255402X
ISBN13: 9781912554027
Publisher: Harvey Miller
Published: Jul 30 2020
Pages: 408
Weight: 4.70
Height: 1.30 Width: 9.00 Depth: 11.30
Language: English
Visual representations of music were ubiquitous in Renaissance Italy. Church interiors were enlivened by altarpieces representing biblical and heavenly musicians, placed in conjunction with the ritual song of the liturgy. The interior spaces of palaces and private houses, in which musical recreations were routine, were adorned with paintings depicting musical characters and myths of the ancient world, and with scenes of contemporary festivity in which music played a central role. Musical luminaries and dilettantes commissioned portraits symbolising their personal and social investment in musical expertise and skill. Such visual representations of music both reflected and sustained a musical culture. The strategies adopted by visual artists when depicting music in any guise betray period understandings of music shared by artists and their clients. At the same time, Renaissance Italians experienced music within a visual environment that prompted them to think about music in particular ways. This book offers the first detailed survey of the representation of music in the art of Renaissance Italy, and in the process opens up new vistas within the social and cultural history of Italian Renaissance music and art.

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