Author: Brougher, Kerry et al (organizers)
Title: Visual Music: Synaesthesia in Art and Music Since 1900
Description: Hirshhorn Museum and The Museum of Contemporary Art of Los Angeles, 2005. Hardbound. Color-illustrated boards with lilac lettering and plastic dj with white lettering; 271 pp. with 32 bw and 344 color plates. Examines the revolutionary premise that Art should attain the abstract purity of music. A large, sumptuously illustrated volume that engages the reader as well as captivating the inquiring mind. The most completeexamination of this phenomenon to date, "Visual Music" features ninety major works of art plus related documentation, focusing on abstract and mixed-media art and the connection to musical forms as varied as classical, jazz,and electronic. Thebook includes three scholarly essays, each discussing adistinct art historical period in depth, and an additional essay that approaches the subject from a musicologist's perspective. Appearsto be better illustrated and slightly longer than the English edition of the book of the same title. VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Sticke on front pasted end page. Stamp on front free end page. Stamp on back free end page. Sticker and due date card on back pasted end page.

Keywords: American Art ; Synaesthesia ; ; General Art - American


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