{"product_id":"9788883980305","title":"Giotto's Harmony","description":"Giotto's Harmony explores the philosophical and cultural intersection of musicians,\u003cbr\u003eartists, and intellectuals in early Trecento Padua. Padua's unique intellectual fervor,\u003cbr\u003ewith its prominent university and proximity to Venice, attracted such titan celebrities\u003cbr\u003eas Giotto, Dante, Marchetto da Padova, and Pietro d'Abano. The richness of their\u003cbr\u003ecross-disciplinary work places Padua at the forefront of pre-humanism. Both Giotto\u003cbr\u003eand Marchetto da Padova sought to reproduce natural phenomena as faithfully as\u003cbr\u003epossible in their respective métiers. Professor Beck argues that this return to nature\u003cbr\u003eis a reflection of the rebirth of the Aristotelian philosophy of nature found in the\u003cbr\u003ePhysica and Metaphysica, taught at the University of Padua, and expounded in the\u003cbr\u003etheories of Pietro d'Abano. Paduan musical pre-humanist contributions are posited\u003cbr\u003eto be at the vanguard of musical development in Italy, rather than a footnote to\u003cbr\u003ethe musical culture of Florence. Indeed, Giotto's Harmony makes the case that the\u003cbr\u003emusical Renaissance, which is often believed to have its origins in the much later\u003cbr\u003ework of Dunstable and Dufay, has its roots in Padua's pre-humanist tradition, as\u003cbr\u003ereflected in the work of Marchetto and contemporary theorists and composers.  ","brand":"European Press Academic Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059978748144,"sku":"9788883980305","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9788883980305_p0.jpg?v=1763779776","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9788883980305","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}