The Sound of Art: Soundscape in Pictorial Descriptions
This study reports on an investigation of soundscape in twenty audiodelivered pictorial descriptions in English specifically designed for children, available on the official website of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in Manhattan. The scripts of the pictorial descriptions were retrieved from the web...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
LED - Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto
2020-07-01
|
| Series: | Linguae &: Rivista di Lingue e Culture Moderne |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/linguae/article/view/1917 |
| _version_ | 1797230367209422848 |
|---|---|
| author | Maria Elisa Fina |
| author_facet | Maria Elisa Fina |
| author_sort | Maria Elisa Fina |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This study reports on an investigation of soundscape in twenty audiodelivered pictorial descriptions in English specifically designed for children, available on the official website of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in Manhattan. The scripts of the pictorial descriptions were retrieved from the website’s dedicated section and annotated by means of QDA Miner Lite, a software for qualitative analysis. Drawing on van Leeuwen’s criteria for the analysis of soundscape (1999), the scripts were annotated according to a set of codes (type of speaker, speech, music, sounds, prosody) and then analysed in order to investigate how the different semiotic resources are combined to enhance children’s art experience. The results show that soundscape in the pictorial descriptions entails a complex web of significances, which challenge children’s observation skills and stimulate critical thinking. Furthermore, the use of soundscape may also result in edutainment strategies, which include gamification and dramatization. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-24T15:27:21Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-10a31751a34c46bf918dfca0ba3e6ab4 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2281-8952 1724-8698 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-24T15:27:21Z |
| publishDate | 2020-07-01 |
| publisher | LED - Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Linguae &: Rivista di Lingue e Culture Moderne |
| spelling | doaj.art-10a31751a34c46bf918dfca0ba3e6ab42024-04-02T05:30:06ZengLED - Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia DirittoLinguae &: Rivista di Lingue e Culture Moderne2281-89521724-86982020-07-0119117319110.7358/ling-2020-001-fina1312The Sound of Art: Soundscape in Pictorial DescriptionsMaria Elisa Fina0Ca' Foscari University of VeniceThis study reports on an investigation of soundscape in twenty audiodelivered pictorial descriptions in English specifically designed for children, available on the official website of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in Manhattan. The scripts of the pictorial descriptions were retrieved from the website’s dedicated section and annotated by means of QDA Miner Lite, a software for qualitative analysis. Drawing on van Leeuwen’s criteria for the analysis of soundscape (1999), the scripts were annotated according to a set of codes (type of speaker, speech, music, sounds, prosody) and then analysed in order to investigate how the different semiotic resources are combined to enhance children’s art experience. The results show that soundscape in the pictorial descriptions entails a complex web of significances, which challenge children’s observation skills and stimulate critical thinking. Furthermore, the use of soundscape may also result in edutainment strategies, which include gamification and dramatization.https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/linguae/article/view/1917soundscapepictorial descriptions for childrenimmersive triggerscontent-specific musicevocative sounds. |
| spellingShingle | Maria Elisa Fina The Sound of Art: Soundscape in Pictorial Descriptions Linguae &: Rivista di Lingue e Culture Moderne soundscape pictorial descriptions for children immersive triggers content-specific music evocative sounds. |
| title | The Sound of Art: Soundscape in Pictorial Descriptions |
| title_full | The Sound of Art: Soundscape in Pictorial Descriptions |
| title_fullStr | The Sound of Art: Soundscape in Pictorial Descriptions |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Sound of Art: Soundscape in Pictorial Descriptions |
| title_short | The Sound of Art: Soundscape in Pictorial Descriptions |
| title_sort | sound of art soundscape in pictorial descriptions |
| topic | soundscape pictorial descriptions for children immersive triggers content-specific music evocative sounds. |
| url | https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/linguae/article/view/1917 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mariaelisafina thesoundofartsoundscapeinpictorialdescriptions AT mariaelisafina soundofartsoundscapeinpictorialdescriptions |