IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 1718: Borders of Sound, III: Aural Experiences of Ritual
Thursday 7 July 2022, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Julien Ferrando, Perception Représentations Image Son Musique (PRISM - UMR 6071), Aix-Marseille Université / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Marie-Emmanuelle Torres, Laboratoire d'archéologie médiévale et moderne en Méditerranée (LA3M - UMR 7298), Aix-Marseille Université / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris |
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| Moderator/Chairs: | Vincent Debiais, Centre d'Études Supérieures de Civilisation Médiévale (CESCM), Université de Poitiers / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris Marie-Emmanuelle Torres, Laboratoire d'archéologie médiévale et moderne en Méditerranée (LA3M - UMR 7298), Aix-Marseille Université / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris |
| Paper 1718-a | Silent Angels: Voices and Bodies of Acclamations in Medieval Art (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Sculpture, Religious Life, Theology |
| Paper 1718-b | Aural Taxis: Sound and Hierarchy in Byzantine Ceremonies, 9th-13th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Liturgy, Music, Performance Arts - General |
| Paper 1718-c | Espaces sonores et régimes d’écoute: figurer les sons dans les psautiers et livres d’heures en Europe occidentale (XIIIe -XVe s.) (Language: Français) Index terms: Art History - Painting, Daily Life, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Music |
| Abstract | This session will explore the shaping effect of sound during social and religious rituals. Vincent Debiais will study the two possible voices of angels, exploring their in-between position in Western medieval art and liturgy. Marie-Emmanuelle Torres will address the construction of an aural taxis during Byzantine ritual, through the choice of specific voices and sounds. Martine Clouzot will observe the figuration of sound performances in the Books of Hours to analyse the different listening experiences. This session will focus on the impact of sound in social experience. |