| Title |
A Study on the rhythm of Cathedral and Chant in the Middle Age focused on the Isomorphism |
| Authors |
Lee Hong-Kyu ; Dong Jung-Keun |
| Keywords |
Gestalt theory ; Isomorphism ; the Middle Age ; Cathedral ; Chant ; Rhythm |
| Abstract |
This study intends to understand the relation of architecture and music in the Middle Age. Art, in any age, is the expression of the characteristic attitudes of the people of that age toward important aspects of life. In an age when the Church is the principle social institution, the task confronting artists is that of expressing religious sentiments in harmony with the particular doctrine of dominant religious group. Architecture and music are affected. by the dominant group. For the purpose, analyzed is isomorphism of Gestalt theory. The objects of this study are rhythms of European Cathedrals and Chants. It is a generally accepted that the rhythm of columned arrangement in cathedral is based on music in the Middle Age. The analysis shows that the rhythm of columned arrangemant, as opposed to common knowledge, effects on the rhythm of chants and the change of rhythmic flow in architecture has an inclination to coincide with that in music, though somewhat different from genre.
Art is the communicator of an idea and culture and society and is based on experience. The influence of one art on another is important in determining the artistic trends of a particular art. |