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The music of painting : music, modernism and the visual arts from the Romantics to John Cage

by Peter Vergo

Exploring the relationship between music and the visual arts from 1850 to 1950, this study analyses how artists and composers influenced one another. It focuses on abstract and mixed-media art forms and their connections to musical genres from classical to jazz.

Accession 4868 ISBN 9780714857626 Publisher Phaidon Press
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