Painting the cannon's roar : music, the visual arts, and the rise of an attentive public in the age of Haydn, c.1750 to c1810 /: music, the visual arts, and the rise of an attentive public in the age of Haydn, c.1750 to c1810. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas Tolley.
• Other Names: Tolley, Thomas
• Contents: Introduction: painting and music at the crossroads. The middle ages and renaissance ; Newton's opticks ; Harmony for ear and eye ; The crossroads --Popularity, music and the visual arts. An international language ; Musical biography: Carpani exploding the cannon ; Vox populi ; Steps to Parnassus. 'How eye and ear are entranced': Haydn and Esterházy patronage ; Ataria & compagnie: dealers in prints and music ; Haydn and Goya -- Talking pictures and moving images: the discourse on the visual arts in eighteenth-century opera. Sacrificing Iphigenia: Algarotti, Tiepolo and Vanloo ; Gluck and the visual arts ; Painting the cannon's roar -- Musical icons and the cult of Haydn. A public image ; Updating the image ; The reluctant sitter ; Age and youth ; The cult of Haydn ; Physiognomy, phrenology and Frankenstein ; Hero -- Developing tastes: the culture of looking in England in the early 1790s. A visual education: Haydn as collector ; A popular collection ; Looking and listening in London ; 'Picture after picture': The creation and The seasons ; Creating waves ; 'Pictures for the ear' ; Motion and the dynamics of light ; Observing nature ; Moving pictures -- 'Last judgement'. Evolutionary ends ; Still courting popularity ; Beyond the crossroads -- Appendix. Haydn's collection.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (526 pages)
• Subjects: 700/.9/033; Art and music -- History -- 18th century; Performing arts -- Audiences; Art et musique -- Histoire -- 18e siècle; Arts du spectacle -- Publics; Art and music; Performing arts -- Audiences; Muziekleven; Publiek; Schilderkunst; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History; Criticism and interpretation; Critique et interprétation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351555241; 1351555243
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.