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The close interrelationship of the commissioning, production and functions of music and the visual arts in the Renaissance (c.1400 to 1600) has been increasingly recognised by scholars across multiple disciplines. … Continue reading
Other Event: ‘Crisis, Creativity and the Self’, IMR Study Day, featuring Prof John Butt
Though this is not an event put on by RA&M, Katie and Matt are both giving papers, and it is convened by our supervisor, Stephen Rose. This is an interdisciplinary … Continue reading
Guest Blog Post: Elisabeth Giselbrecht and Elizabeth Upper
Printing music and art together In 1520 the Augsburg humanist Conrad Peutinger described the Liber selectarum cantionum in the epilogue as “most pleasant and full of skill” but also as … Continue reading
Video Pairing: Agnus Dei – van Eyck and Josquin
This is the pairing example we used as an introductory excersize at our first training session. Just thought I’d post it for those who couldn’t make it. It was interesting … Continue reading
‘A Musical Renaissance’ at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
The Queen’s Gallery really is lovely. Sumptuous, jewel-coloured rooms filled with the most astonishing collection of art works that you just want to stick some furniture in and call home. … Continue reading
Counterfeit Renaissance – A tale of pleasure and delight?
What find I here? Fair Portia’s counterfeit! What demi-god Hath come so near creation? -Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice III.ii.1483 Counterfeit Renaissance – A tale of pleasure and delight? For many … Continue reading
Video Pairing: Sir Walter Ralegh (anon) and What is Our Life? (Gibbons)
‘Sir Walter Ralegh; Walter Ralegh’ (c. 1554 — 29 October 1618) by Unknown Artist oil on canvas, 1602 78 1/2 in. x 50 1/8 in. (1994 mm x 1273 mm) … Continue reading
Video Pairing: Stabat Mater and Scenes from the Passion of Christ
Hans Memling (c. 1440, Seligenstadt – d. 1494, Bruges) Scenes from the Passion of Christ, 1470-71 Oil on oak panel, 56,7 x 92,2 cm Galleria Sabauda, Turin Josquin des Prez … Continue reading
Interdisciplinary Music: playing nice with the other kids
Musicologist Susan McClary addresses music and interdisciplinary study in her controversial and seminal book, Modal Subjectivities: Self-Fashioning in the Italian Madrigal. She points out that most New Historicists depend principally … Continue reading
Video Pairing: The Ambassadors and Thule, the Period of Cosmography
Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1497 – 1543) The Ambassadors, 1533 207 cm × 209.5 cm (81 in × 82.5 in) Oil on Oak National Gallery, London. Thomas Weelkes (baptized 1576 … Continue reading
RA&M–a musicological perspective
My first real exposure to academic research of Renaissance art and music was an MMus course at Royal Holloway, taught by Stephen Rose. In it, we discussed the ways (as … Continue reading
