The music of painting : music, modernism and the visual arts from the Romantics to John Cage / Peter Vergo.

Author/creator Vergo, Peter
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Phaidon, 2010.
Description367 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents Towards the condition of music -- Wagnerian painting -- Correspondences -- The art-work of the future -- Unknown regions -- The art of fugue -- Music and movement -- Art, jazz and silence.
Abstract This book reveals how music and painting drew on each other for inspiration and stimulation during the emergence and development of modernism. It explores how artists attempted to translate musical rhythms and structures into painting, and how musicians developed visual themes in their compositions. It also analyzes individual pieces of music and works of art, from Paul Signac's musical seascapes and Modeste Mussorgsky's popular piano pieces to Wassily Kandinsky's abstract paintings and John Cage's silent works.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011560890
ISBN9780714857626 (hbk.)
ISBN0714857629 (hbk.)