Sensory Crossovers: Synesthesia in American Art - Softcover

Udall, Sharyn R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0977991059 ISBN 13: 9780977991051

Publisher: The Albuquerque Museum, 2010

Synopsis

Synesthesia in its simplest terms refers to sensory fusions or crossovers. Interest peaked between 1890 and 1930, when synesthesia became a focus of serious attention in the fields of visual art, music, literature and linguistics. During that period, Edvard Munch and Wassily Kandinsky were probably the best-known painters to respond visually to non-visual sensory stimuli. This catalogue brings alive synesthesia's underpinnings, with a broader study documenting the formal and expressive purposes these crossovers have served for American painters.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This catalogue brings alive synesthesia's underpinnings, with a broader study documenting the formal and expressive purposes these crossovers have served for American painters.

About the Author:

Sharyn R. Udall is an Art Historian, author, and independent curator who has written, taught and lectured widely on the art of the Americas. She takes a special interest in women in the visual arts, in the transnational arts of the Americas, and in interdisciplinary associations among artists and writers.

Nancy Weekly is Head of Collections and the Charles Cary Rumsey Curator, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Albuquerque Museum
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0977991059
• ISBN 13: 9780977991051
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 111