Divine Music in Archaic and Classical Greek Art by Carolyn La... - 9781009315944

Divine Music in Archaic and Classical Greek ArtSeeing the Songs of the Gods\nAuthor(s): Carolyn Laferrire\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009315944, 978-1009315944\nSynopsis\nIn this volume, Carolyn M. Laferrire examines Athenian vase-paintings and reliefs depicting the gods most frequently shown as musicians to reconstruct how images suggest the sounds of the music the gods made. Incorporating insights from recent work in sensory studies, she considers formal analysis together with literary and archaeological evidence to explore the musical culture of Athens. Laferrire argues that images could visually suggest the sounds of the gods' music. This representational strategy, whereby sight and sound are blurred, conveys the 'unhearable' nature of their music: because it cannot be physically heard, it falls to the human imagination to provide its sounds and awaken viewers' multisensory engagement .