The music of painting

Publié par Phaidon Press, le 09 février 2012

367 pages

Résumé

- In this fascinating study, Peter Vergo reveals - how music and painting drew on each other for inspiration and stimulation during the emergence and development of modernism. - Explores how artists attempted to translate - musical rhythms and structures into painting, and how musicians developed visual themes in their compositions. - Analyses individual pieces of music and - works of art, from Paul Signac's musical seascapes and Modeste Musorgsky's popular piano pieces to Wassily Kandinsky's abstract paintings and John Cage's silent works. - An accessible and insightful exploration of - ideas, useful to scholars of art history and music, and fascinating to the general reader.

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