Aural Architecture in Byzantium: Music, Acoustics, and Ritual - Music, Acoustics, and Ritual (Hardcover)

Emerging from the challenge to reconstruct sonic and spatial experiences of the deep past, this multidisciplinary collection of ten essays explores the intersection of liturgy, acoustics, and art in the churches of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Rome and Armenia, and reflects on the role digital technology can play in re-creating aspects of the sensually rich performance of the divine word. Engaging the material fabric of the buildings in relationship to the liturgical ritual, the book studies the structure of the rite, revealing the important role chant plays in it, and confronts both the acoustics of the physical spaces and the hermeneutic system of reception of the religious services. By then drawing on audio software modelling tools in order to reproduce some of the visual and aural aspects of these multi-sensory public rituals, it inaugurates a synthetic approach to the study of the premodern sacred space, which bridges humanities with exact sciences. The result is a rich contribution to the growing discipline of sound studies and an innovative convergence of the medieval and the digital.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2017
First published:	2018
Editors:	Bissera Pentcheva
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-4724-8515-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600) Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600) Promotions
LSN:	1-4724-8515-7
Barcode:	9781472485151

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