{"id":52,"date":"2017-01-24T10:09:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T15:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/?p=52"},"modified":"2017-01-24T10:09:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T15:09:55","slug":"can-ekphrasis-be-applied-to-art-and-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/can-ekphrasis-be-applied-to-art-and-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Ekphrasis Be Applied to Art and Music?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I read Mitchell’s “Ekphrasis & the Other” I couldn’t help but mutter “duh.” Ekphrasis, which can be simply defined as a verbal representation of a visual, is a practice we students have been using since we learned how to write.<\/p>\n

“Hw would you describe this flower?” a teacher may ask, to which we would responds, “It has red petals and a green stem.”<\/p>\n

However, the more I read about ekphrasis and the more I began thinking about ekphrasis as a complication or a mixing of representations (image vs. language), I began to wonder what others mixings could be made to create a new perspective. Could I use dance to represent a body of text? What about painting to represent music?<\/p>\n

Take for example “Burning Down the House” by Martin Klimas. In this piece of artwork, Klimas chose to visualize sound. More specifically, Klimas reinterpreted the music of Jimi Hendrix into a visual piece. This visual representation of music, called visual music art, is similar to ekphrasis, and how writers turn image into text.<\/p>\n

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Burning Down the House by Martin Klimas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The result of Klimas’s interpretation (in my opinion) is both striking and beautiful. It gives the viewer a whole new perspective on “Burning Down the House.”<\/p>\n

Exploring visual music art helped me better appreciate ekphrasis. Ekphrasis is not just a retelling or a description of an image, it is a reimagination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I read Mitchell’s “Ekphrasis & the Other” I couldn’t help but mutter “duh.” Ekphrasis, which can be simply defined as a verbal representation of a visual, is a practice we students have been using since we learned how to write. “Hw would you describe this flower?” a teacher may ask, to which we would … <\/p>\n

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