Icons of Sound

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval Academy of America

Organizer Name

Bissera V. Pentcheva

Organizer Affiliation

Stanford Univ.

Presider Name

Isabelle Marchesin

Presider Affiliation

Institut national d'histoire de l'art

Paper Title 1

The Voice of Hagia Sophia: A Documentary Film

Presenter 1 Name

Doygu Eruçman

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Stanford Univ.

Paper Title 2

Echoes and Silences of Liturgy: The Romanesque Inscription Letare in Usson-du-Poitou (France)

Presenter 2 Name

Vincent Debiais

Presenter 2 Affiliation

École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris

Paper Title 3

Music and Architecture: Two Twelfth-Century Case Studies

Presenter 3 Name

Margot E. Fassler

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Start Date

10-5-2019 1:30 PM

Session Location

Sangren 1750

Description

Music and more specifically liturgical chant inflected the encounter with medieval visual art. But established art historical practice has rarely considered the two together. The rise of sound studies and the fact that several medieval projects have spear-headed this research direction now pave the way to explore how music and inscriptions performed in the liturgical spaces framed the way that visual programs were perceived and experienced. Alfred J. Andrea