Sensory Crossovers: Synesthesia in American Art

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.

Author: Sharyn R. Udall
Publisher: Albuquerque Museum
Published: 12/31/2010
Pages: 111
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780977991051

About the Author
Udall, Sharyn R.: - 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.Weekly, Nancy: - Nancy Weekly is Head of Collections and the Charles Cary Rumsey Curator, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, New York.