In recent decades, the importance of sound for remembering the past and for creating a sense of belonging has been increasingly acknowledged. We keep ‘sound souvenirs’ such as cassette tapes and long play albums in our attics because we want to be able to recreate the music and everyday sounds we once cherished. Artists and ordinary listeners deploy the newest digital audio tec...(展开全部)

玛格丽特•尤瑟纳尔（Marguerite Yourcenar, 1903-1987） 法语小说家、诗人、翻译家、文学批评家。 法兰西学院首位女性“不朽者”，现当代法语文学重要的代表人物。 一九〇三年出生于比利时布鲁塞尔，本名玛格丽特•安托瓦内特•让娜•玛丽•吉丝莱娜•克里韦纳克•德•克莱伊昂古尔，在法国长大，一九三九年移居美国。 一九五一年发表历史小说《哈德良回忆录》，赢得国际声誉。一九六八年出版的《苦炼》获费米娜文学奖。 一九七四年至一九八八年陆续出版自传体小说《世界迷宫》三部曲——《虔诚的回忆》、《北方档案》、《何谓永恒》。译有弗吉尼亚•吴尔夫的《海浪》、亨利•詹姆斯《梅西知道什么》等作品。 一九七〇年当选比利时皇家文学院院士。一九八〇年成为法兰西学院首位女院士。一九八七年当选美国文理科学院院士。曾获得法兰西学院大奖、荷兰伊拉斯谟奖、摩纳哥皮埃尔...(展开全部)

A dix-sept ans, élève de philosophie au lycée d'Alger, Albert Camus eut pour professeur Jean Grenier. Ainsi commença une amitié qui devait durer toujours. Et Camus a dit lui-même assez souvent l'influence qu'avait eue, sur sa pensée et sur son style, l'auteur des Îles. Le livre de Jean Grenier n'est ni une biographie ni un commentaire de l'œuvre de Camus. C'est une suite de sou...(展开全部)

A dix-sept ans, élève de philosophie au lycée d'Alger, Albert Camus eut pour professeur Jean Grenier. Ainsi commença une amitié qui devait durer toujours. Et Camus a dit lui-même assez souvent l'influence qu'avait eue, sur sa pensée et sur son style, l'auteur des Îles. Le livre de Jean Grenier n'est ni une biographie ni un commentaire de l'œuvre de Camus. C'est une suite de sou...(展开全部)

The "sonic turn" in recent art reflects a wider cultural awareness that sight no longer dominates our perception or understanding of contemporary reality. The background buzz of myriad mechanically reproduced sounds increasingly mediates our lives. Tuning into this incessant auditory stimulus, some of our most influential artists have investigated the corporeal, cultural, and p...(展开全部)

The German-American relationship was special long before the Cold War; it was rooted not simply in political actions, but also long-term traditions of cultural exchange that date back to the nineteenth century. Between 1850 and 1910, the United States was a rising star in the international arena, and several European nations sought to strengthen their ties to the republic by ch...(展开全部)

Designing Sound teaches students and professional sound designers to understand and create sound effects starting from nothing. Its thesis is that any sound can be generated from first principles, guided by analysis and synthesis. The text takes a practitioner's perspective, exploring the basic principles of making ordinary, everyday sounds using an easily accessed free softwar...(展开全部)

Designing Sound teaches students and professional sound designers to understand and create sound effects starting from nothing. Its thesis is that any sound can be generated from first principles, guided by analysis and synthesis. The text takes a practitioner's perspective, exploring the basic principles of making ordinary, everyday sounds using an easily accessed free softwar...(展开全部)

French critic and composer Michel Chion argues that watching movies is more than just a visual exercise--it enacts a process of audio-viewing. The audiovisual makes use of a wealth of tropes, devices, techniques, and effects that convert multiple sensations into image and sound, therefore rendering, instead of reproducing, the world through cinema. The first half of Film, A ...(展开全部)

Sound coming from outside the field of vision, from somewhere beyond, holds a privileged place in the Western imagination. When separated from their source, sounds seem to manifest transcendent realms, divine powers, or supernatural forces. According to legend, the philosopher Pythagoras lectured to his disciples from behind a veil, and two thousand years later, in the age of a...(展开全部)