Echo's chambers : architecture and the idea of acoustic space / Joseph L. Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, Joseph L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architectural acoustics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource. 1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2021]

Summary:

A room's acoustic character seems at once the most technical and the most mystical of concerns. Since the early Enlightenment, European architects have systematically endeavored to represent and control the propagation of sound in large interior spaces. Their work has been informed by the science of sound but has also been entangled with debates on style, visualization techniques, performance practices, and the expansion of the listening public. Echo's Chambers explores how architectural experimentation from the seventeenth through the mid-twentieth centuries laid the groundwork for concepts of acoustic space that are widely embraced in contemporary culture. It focuses on the role of echo and reverberation in the architecture of Pierre Patte, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, Carl Ferdinand Langhans, and Le Corbusier, as well as the influential acoustic ideas of Athanasius Kircher, Richard Wagner, and Marshall McLuhan. Drawing on interdisciplinary theories of media and auditory culture, Joseph L. Clarke reveals how architecture has impacted the ways we continue to listen to, talk about, and creatively manipulate sound in the physical environment.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Translations

Introduction: "The Night Shall Be Filled with Music"

1. Domesticating Echo: Clamors in Print

2. Spaces Heard and Seen: Constructing Acoustic Naturalism

3. The Catacaoustic Imagination: Enchantment by Immersion

4. Redeeming the Senses: The Acoustics of Total Art

5. Listening Out of Place: Modern Architecture and acoustique électronique

Conclusion: On Further Reflection

Color Plates

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822988038

0822988038

OCLC:

1250080255