Picturing Sound and Sounding History

by Julian Henriques

Book Overview

What do we see in sound? Picturing Sound and Sounding History focuses on the important intersection between sight and the way visual items such as as paintings, drawings, and diagrams stimulate our auditory imagination. Though, as Marcel Duchamp says, "one can look at seeing, one can't hear hearing", the media and mechanisms for sound making - its propagation, transmission, recording and reception - are clearly visible. This book explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501335715
• ISBN13: 9781501335716
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages