The first detailed survey of the representation of music in the art of Renaissance Italy, opening up new vistas within the social and culture history of Italian

The chapters in this volume explore the relationship between music and art in Italy across the long sixteenth century, considering an era when music-making was

The complex relationship between myths and music is here investigated. Myths and stories offer a window onto medieval and early modern musical culture. Far from

"How did an unmusical saint come to be portrayed as a musician and become the patron saint of musicians and music? Until the beginning of the fifteenth century,