Visual music masters : abstract explorations: history and contemporary research /

"What are the connections between sounds and abstract images? What were the first audiovisual instruments? How did music influence Kandinsky's work? What are the most significant audiovisual installations? What relationship is there between VJs and live cinema? And finally, what is synesth...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abbado, Adriano, 1958
Published: Skira,
Publisher Address: Milan :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Summary: "What are the connections between sounds and abstract images? What were the first audiovisual instruments? How did music influence Kandinsky's work? What are the most significant audiovisual installations? What relationship is there between VJs and live cinema? And finally, what is synesthesia? _Visual Music Masters_ thoroughly explores past and present research to answer these and many other questions about the relationship between music and abstract art. Covering figures that range from Toulouse-Lautrec to Nam June Paik, from Händel to Xenakis, and from Fischinger to Ikeda, this book ill
Carrier Form: 175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-155) and index.
ISBN: 9788857222233
8857222233
Index Number: ML3849
CLC: J60-05
Call Number: J60-05/A122
Contents: Introduction -- History. -- The beginnings -- Music and early twentieth-century painting -- Luminous instruments -- Abstract films -- Music and abstract art -- Electronic art -- Contemporary developments. -- Animations and videos -- Installations -- Performances -- Language -- Appendix. -- Synesthesia.