Discarding images: reflections on music and culture in medieval france
Auteur :
Page
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198166795
Date de publication :
7 août 1997
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
472 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
For many centuries, the Western imagination has pictured the medieval period as a kind of odyssey. This text explores this false image, examining medieval reflection on the "numerical" explanation of musical beauty, and the relation between 14th-century innovations and contemporary science.