Music in Art
Arts & Activities, Dec, 2009 by Jerome J. Hausman
MUSIC IN ART (2009; $24.95), by Alberto Ausoni (translated by Stephen Sartarelli). Getty Publications.
This is a more scholarly publication that provides an overview of music, musical instruments and musical performance as duplicated in art. It would serve as an excellent resource for secondary-school students interested in the visual references to music.
The book is organized into five sections. The first explores the role of music within a language of symbols dealing with concepts and ideas. Themes such as "the ages of man" or "love" or "lust" serve as examples where musical instruments are used as symbols to embody the intended meanings.
The second section is organized around images of music (instruments and performance) related to the myths of antiquity. Such figures as Areon and Orpheus serve to represent poetry and sound.
The third section deals with religious subjects. Often represented are heavenly singers or musicians (usually accompanied by angels) as they seek to express the harmonies of heaven and the pain and suffering of hell.
The fourth section is devoted to musical performance. Artists have duplicated the settings and circumstances where music is performed.
Lastly, the fifth section catalogs the images of instruments of Western music. A musical, historical and art historical discussion accompanies color images of works by Anthony van Dyck, Hieronymus Bosch, Gustav Klimt, Francisco Goya, Marc Chagall, Man Ray, Edouard Manet, Henri Rousseau and others. The book's appendices include an index of subjects, an index of artists and a glossary.
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