Chapter 15 Fantastic Finials
Renaissance musical instruments frequently feature masterfully carved figures, intricate geometric and arabesque patterns, expensive and exotic materials, and a variety of pictorial representations. The headstocks and pegboxes of stringed instruments, in particular, often feature carved finials with...
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| description | Renaissance musical instruments frequently feature masterfully carved figures, intricate geometric and arabesque patterns, expensive and exotic materials, and a variety of pictorial representations. The headstocks and pegboxes of stringed instruments, in particular, often feature carved finials with anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and monstrous figures. Taking as its entry-point the pegboxes of three citterns from the Ashmolean Museum's collection of stringed instruments, this chapter explores what these visual and material features say about the role that musical objects played in Renaissance social worlds, beyond their music-making capacities. While there has long been critical interest in the material culture of music in Renaissance studies, object-orientated approaches and new materialist frameworks invite us to reflect more deeply on the social, political, and affective dimensions of the materiality of musical instruments. Renaissance musical instruments were often designed for the eye as much as the ear, to be seen—and otherwise sensed—as well as played. A focus on their ornamental features opens valuable windows onto questions of power in Renaissance music cultures. Such a focus directs attention to the material environments and social settings in which these instruments were played and dis-played. These elaborately decorated musical objects articulated values concerning gender, wealth, knowledge, and prestige. Their ornamentation also invites reflection on the circulation of aesthetic influences beyond Europe, on the colonial and racial relations of Renaissance music within an interconnected global culture. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1217662025-03-12T19:51:07Z Chapter 15 Fantastic Finials Vai, Emanuela Italian musical culture, Italy, Music, Musical pictures, Renaissance, Renaissance art theory, Visual media, fifteenth century music, musical media, paragone Renaissance musical instruments frequently feature masterfully carved figures, intricate geometric and arabesque patterns, expensive and exotic materials, and a variety of pictorial representations. The headstocks and pegboxes of stringed instruments, in particular, often feature carved finials with anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and monstrous figures. Taking as its entry-point the pegboxes of three citterns from the Ashmolean Museum's collection of stringed instruments, this chapter explores what these visual and material features say about the role that musical objects played in Renaissance social worlds, beyond their music-making capacities. While there has long been critical interest in the material culture of music in Renaissance studies, object-orientated approaches and new materialist frameworks invite us to reflect more deeply on the social, political, and affective dimensions of the materiality of musical instruments. Renaissance musical instruments were often designed for the eye as much as the ear, to be seen—and otherwise sensed—as well as played. A focus on their ornamental features opens valuable windows onto questions of power in Renaissance music cultures. Such a focus directs attention to the material environments and social settings in which these instruments were played and dis-played. These elaborately decorated musical objects articulated values concerning gender, wealth, knowledge, and prestige. Their ornamentation also invites reflection on the circulation of aesthetic influences beyond Europe, on the colonial and racial relations of Renaissance music within an interconnected global culture. 2023-11-17T08:36:31Z 2023-11-17T08:36:31Z 2023-10-04T11:33:32Z 2023 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76543 9780367465391 9781032036083 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/121766 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76543/1/9781003029380_10.4324_9781003029380-18.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76543/1/9781003029380_10.4324_9781003029380-18.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76543/1/9781003029380_10.4324_9781003029380-18.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003029380-18 10.4324/9781003029380-18 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Music and Visual Culture in Renaissance Italy Worcester College, University of Oxford f1196b48-25e5-4b94-9fc8-06aec3066142 9780367465391 9781032036083 Routledge 29 open access |
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