Looking and Listening (eBook)

Conversations between Modern Art and Music

Brenda Lynne Leach (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
216 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-8108-8347-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This book invites the art and music lover to place these two realms of creative endeavor in conversation with one another. In Looking and Listening, conductor and art connoisseur Brenda Leach explores unique pairings of well-known visual art works and musical compositions from the twentieth century, identifying the shared sources of inspiration.

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Looking and Listening: Conversations between Modern Art and Music invites the art and music lover to place these two realms of creative endeavor into an open dialog. Although the worlds of music and visual art often seem to take separate paths, they are usually parallel. Conductor and art connoisseur Brenda Leach takes unique pairings of well-known visual art works and musical compositions from the twentieth century to identify the shared sources of inspiration, as well as similarities in theme, style, and technique, to explore the historical and cultural influences on the great artists and composers in the twentieth century. Looking and Listening asks and answers: What does jazz have in common with paintings by Stuart Davis and Piet Mondrian?How did Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue affect the work of artist Arthur Dove? How did painter Georgia O'Keeffe and composer Aaron Copland capture the spirit of a youthful America entering the twentieth century? What did Kandinsky and Schoenberg share in their artistic visions? Leach takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the lives of these artists, surveying many of the key movements in the twentieth century by comparing representative works from the modern masters of the visual arts and music. Leach's refreshing and innovation approach will interest those passionate about twentieth-century art and music and is ideal for any student or instructor, museum docent, or music programmer seeking to draw the lines of connection between these two art forms.

Autor

Brenda Lynne Leach, a conductor and music professor, has created many unique programs linking music and the visual arts for museums, orchestras, and universities.

Inhalt

ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: PreludeChapter 1: Stuart Davis and the Art of JazzChapter 2: Arthur Dove and George Gershwin: A Brush with Rhapsody in BlueChapter 3: Romare Bearden and Visual JazzChapter 4: European Artists and American JazzChapter 5: Kandinsky and Schoenberg: On the VergePart II: Interlude 1Chapter 6: Dave Brubeck and His Reflections on Miro: Music and Art across TimeChapter 7: Paul Klee: The Music in the ArtChapter 8: Mark Rothko and Morton Feldman: Somewhere between Presence and Absence, Sound and SilenceChapter 9: Earle Brown and Alexander Calder: Who’s in Control?Chapter 10: John Cage and Robert Rauschenberg: Life in Art – Art in LifePart III: Interlude 2Chapter 11: Claude Debussy and Fin de SiecleChapter 12: Cubism in Art and Music Chapter 13: Georgia O’Keeffe and American Modernist Composers: The Spirit of a New CenturyChapter 14: Diego Rivera and Carlos Chavez: Voices of Mexico in Art and MusicChapter 15: Minimalism in Art and MusicPostludeGlossaryWorks CitedAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.11.2014
• Zusatzinfo: 87 Illustrations including: - 21 Black & White Illustrations; - 66 Text Boxes.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-8108-8347-3 / 0810883473
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-8347-5 / 9780810883475