Synesthesia and the arts / Dani Cavallaro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cavallaro, Dani, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Synesthesia and the arts.

Physical Description:

vii, 195 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc. [2013]

Summary:

"This study explores the relationship between synesthesia--the experience of a sensation in one perceptual domain triggering a sensation in another perceptual domain--and the arts (including painting, photography, music and literature). Its aim is twofold: to introduce readers to this intriguing phenomenon and to alert readers to its potential to encourage fresh ways of approaching art"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Perspectives on Synesthesia

Actual Synesthesia and Artistic Synesthesia 3

Types of Synesthesia 6

Research and Debates 18

Chapter 2 Creativity

Experiments in Multi-Sensory Perception 37

The Interplay of Music and the Visual Arts 52

Varieties of Synesthetic Art 71

Between pages 116 and 117 are eight color plates containing 13 photographs

Chapter 3 Reception

Synesthesia in the Eye of the Beholder 117

Reception Theory, Gestalt Psychology and Phenomenology 119

Sensory Reception and Memory 137

Synesthesia and Metaphor 143.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786475636

0786475633

OCLC:

844308794