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Synaesthetics Paul Gordon (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)

Synaesthetics By Paul Gordon (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)

Synaesthetics by Paul Gordon (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)

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Synaesthetics: Art as Synaesthesia by Paul Gordon (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)

Paul Gordon proposes a new theory of art as synaesthetic and applies this idea to various media, including works--such as movies, illustrated books, and song lyrics--that explicitly cross over into media involving the different senses. The idea of art as synaesthetic is not, however, limited to those cross-over works, because even an individual poem or novel or painting calls upon different senses in creating its syn-aesthetic meaning. Although previous studies have often devolved into those who see an obvious connection between art and synaesthesia and those who adamantly reject such a notion, Synaesthetics furthers our understanding of synaesthesia as an important, if not essential, component of artistic expression.

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'All art touches us with a music that is as visual as it is aural.' This quote from Paul Gordon's book Synaesthetics: Art as Synaesthesia captures the essence of the author's intriguing assertion that all art is inherently synaesthetic. Drawing on research in artistic, philosophic, and scientific fields, Gordon argues convincingly that the general response to art shares common underpinnings with the blended perceptions of neurological synesthesia (where hearing sounds, for example, might also induce a visual experience), as any work of art will stimulate senses other than the one it touches directly. By referencing such diverse works as the writings of Henry James and Charles Baudelaire, paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe and Joan Mitchell, and films by Steven Spielberg, Gordon proposes that 'synaesthetics' is at the basis of art and our response to it. A carefully thought-out and thought-provoking read. * Patricia Lynne Duffy, co-founder of and a consultant to the American Synesthesia Association, and author of Synesthesia and Literature in the Oxford Handbook of Synaesthesia *
In his new book, Paul Gordon recognizes the central place of synaesthesia in debates about inter-art aesthetics. Where others have considered synaesthesia across two art forms, Gordon, a significant interlocutor in discussions of modernist literature, music, and film, weaves together, for the first time, inter-art relationships across a wider horizon. This book is a rich and provocative contribution to cultural studies. * Simon Shaw-Miller, Chair in the History of Art, University of Bristol, UK, and author of Eye hEar the Visual in Music (2015) *

About Paul Gordon (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)

Paul Gordon is Professor of Comparative Literature/Humanities at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. He is the author of four books, including Art as the Absolute (Bloomsbury, 2015).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1. Introduction. Synaesthetics: Art as Synaesthesia 2. Deep Down: Metaphor as Synaesthetic 3. The Synaesthetic Origin of the Work of Art 4. Baudelaire's Poetry of Synaesthetic Correspondences 5. Plastic Fantastic: Paul Klee's Synaesthetic Word-Images 6. Rouault's True Icons: A Synaesthetic Unveiling of the Miserere's Veronicas 7. Feeling/Hearing Picasso: The Synaestheics of Cubism and the Vollard Suite 8. Georgia O'Keeffe and the Music of Flowers 9. Joan Mitchell and the Power of Blue 10. Rock and Roll as Synaesthesia: Why Rock Lyrics (Don't) Matter 11. Hearing Images: Movie Music Epilogue. Tasting Art: Art as Synaesthetic Notes Bibliography Index

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NLS9781501383182
9781501383182
1501383183
Synaesthetics: Art as Synaesthesia by Paul Gordon (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)
Paul Gordon (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
2021-06-17
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