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]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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: | 1 online resource (xviii, 195 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781452960906 1452960909 1452960895 9781452960890 |