Synaesthetics: Art as Synaesthesia

by Paul Gordon

Book Overview

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."

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501383183
• ISBN13: 9781501383182
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"