Music, the Visual Arts and the Rise of an Attentive Public in the Age of Haydn
by
Thomas Tolley
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
From c.1750 to c.1810 the paths of music history and the history of painting converged with lasting consequences. The publication of Newton's Opticks at the start of the eighteenth century gave a 'scientific' basis to the analogy between sight and sound, allowing music and the visual arts to be defined...