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Yes, you can access Images, Improvisations, Sound, and Silence from 1000 to 1800 - Degree Zero by Babette Hellemans,Alissa Jones Nelson, Babette Hellemans, Alissa Jones Nelson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Art Theory & Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

Amsterdam University Press

Year

2018

eBook ISBN

9789048529186

Edition

Topic

History

Subtopic

Art Theory & Criticism

Index

History

Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
Ouverture
Images
1. The Two Bodies of the Virgin
2. The Three Ages of Man and the Materialization of an Allegory
3. Lapsus figurae
Improvisations
4. Drawing a Line and Questioning Art
5. Fall and Rise Again
6. Improvisation as a Chief Pillar of the Poetic Art in Persian Literary Tradition
Sound
7. Intending the Listener
8. The Sovereign Ear
9. Where Sound and Meaning Part
Silence
10. Writing about Silence and the Secret in the Twelfth Century
11. An Arrangement of Silence
12. Dimidia Hora
List of Contributors
Index

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