Sound, image, silence : art and the aural imagination in the Atlantic world / Michael Gaudio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaudio, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts, American.

Communication in art--America.

Communication in art.

Visual perception in art.

America.

Physical Description:

xviii, 195 pages. 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2019]

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 "It Seems Their Voices Are Still in My Ears": Picturing a Tupinambá Dance in 1592 p. 1

2 Frans Post's Silent Landscapes p. 33

3 Magical Pictures, or Observations on Lightning and Thunder, Occasion'd by a Portrait of Dr. Franklin p. 63

4 At the Mouth of the Cave: Listening to Thomas Cole's Kaaterskill Falls p. 99

5 Dancing for the Kinetograph: The Lakota Ghost Dance and the Silence of Early Cinema p. 125.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gaudio, Michael, author. Sound, image, silence

ISBN:

9781517907396

151790739X

9781517907402

1517907403

OCLC:

1080554584