The Aural Imagination.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Naeem, Asma
- Source
- American Art. Fall2010, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p14-17. 4p.
- Subject
- *SOUND in art
*HEARING
*STUDY & teaching of sound
*IMAGINATION
- Language
- ISSN
- 1073-9300
The article discusses the influence of the history of the study of sound on the experience and interpretation of art. The author addresses the relationship between sound and art as well as the portrayal of sounds in art. The paintings "The Figure 5 in Gold" by Charles Demuth and "Answering the Horn (The Home Signal)" by Winslow Homer are discussed for their differing portrayals of aural activity, hearing, and sound. The author suggests that artistic renderings of sound should be interpreted with sociohistorical content combined with the interpreter's aural imagination.