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Visual Music : A History and Theory of the Abstract Moving Image.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balme, Henry, author.
- Series:
- New approaches to sound, music, and media.
- New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aesthetics.
- Art and music.
- Music in art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
- Summary:
- This book traces the evolving relationship between the abstract moving image and music, from the eighteenth century to the present, across media including film, concert projections, and kaleidoscopes.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: In Search of Visual Music
- 2. Ut pictura musica: Historicizing the Abstract Moving Image
- 3. Music for the Eyes: The Films of Viking Eggeling, Hans Richter, and Walter Ruttmann
- 4. Between Kandinsky and Mickey Mouse: The Films of Mary Ellen Bute and Oskar Fischinger
- 5. California Mysticism: The Films of Jordan Belson and James Whitney
- ISBN:
- 9798765128732
- 9798765128718
- 9798765128725
- OCLC:
- 1569119450
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