Sound, image, silence art and the aural imagination in the Atlantic world
"Sound, Image, Silence explores how, over the course of three centuries, paintings, photographs and early silent films communicated the sounds and silences found in the New World to white audiences on the European continent. Through the representation of both landscapes and Indigenous people, b...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Press
[2019], 2019
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "Sound, Image, Silence explores how, over the course of three centuries, paintings, photographs and early silent films communicated the sounds and silences found in the New World to white audiences on the European continent. Through the representation of both landscapes and Indigenous people, book explores the role of aural imagination as it pertains to the visualization of particular episodes of colonialism and oppression, but also tries to think seriously about how art historians should engage with sound in what is inherently a "mute" medium"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 195 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates |
| ISBN: | 151790739X 9781517907396 |