Audio Description in Fine Arts

Journal Title: Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich - Year 2017, Vol 60, Issue 3

Abstract

This article is about audio description of works of art. The term audio description is defined at the beginning of the text, next there is a description of how AD began in the United States and in Poland. After that, the types of AD in works of art and the rules of its creating are presented. The following paragraphs are about translating paintings through the senses, that is the hearing (ekphrasis, soundpainting), the touch (miniature models, typhlographies, touch tours) the smell or the taste (specially prepared fragrance or taste composition). The article finishes with the author looking at AD in plastic arts in Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź and the Museum of the City of Łódź.

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Anna Wendorff

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  • EP ID EP263934
  • DOI 10.26485/ZRL/2017/60.3/6
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Anna Wendorff (2017). Audio Description in Fine Arts. Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich, 60(3), 83-94. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-263934