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The poem
A Visual Music Exhibit: Mathematical Impressions
is based on mathematical impressions of the following paintings and
photographs, which were in the art exhibition,
Visual Music: Synaesthesia in Art and Music Since 1900, held at the
Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC, June 23 through
September 11, 2005:
Baranoff-Rossiné, Daniel Vladimir. Capriccio Musicale (Circus). Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas. Sonata No. 6 (Sonata of the Stars), Andante. ———. Sonata No. 6 (Sonata of the Stars), Allegro. Dove, Arthur. Chinese Music. ———. Improvision. ———. Swing Music (Louis Armstrong). Eggeling, Viking. Periode II, from Horizontal-Vertical Orchestra. Hartley, Marsden. Musical Theme (Oriental Symphony). Hodges, Jim. Corridor. Kandinsky, Wassily. Fragment 2 for Composition VII. ———. Painting with White Border (Bild mit weissen Rand). Klee, Paul. Pflanzenwachstum (Plant Growth). ———. Nocturne for Horn. ———. Variations (Progressive Motif). Kupka, Frantisek. Disks of Newton (Study for "Fugue in Two Colors"). ———. Organization of Graphic Motifs II. Macdonald-Wright, Stanton. Conception Synchromy. ———. Abstraction on Spectrum (Organization 5). ———. Synchromy, Blue-Green. Matiushin, Mikhail. Painterly-Musical Construction.* O'Keeffe, Georgia. Music—Pink and Blue II. ———. Blue and Green Music. Picabia, Francis. Dances at the Spring. Ray, Man. Symphony Orchestra. Richter, Hans. Orchestration of Color. ———. Fuge in rot und grün. Russell, Morgan. Synchromy No. 2, To Light from Synchromy in Blue-Violet Quartet. ———. Cosmic Synchromy (Synchromie Cosmique). ———. Four Part Synchromy, Number 7. Stieglitz, Alfred. Songs of the Sky.* ———. Equivalent, Set C2, No. 1. ———. Equivalent, Set C2, No. 2. ———. Equivalent, Set C2, No. 3. ———. Equivalent, Set C2, No. 4. ———. Equivalent, Set C2, No. 5. Survage, Léopold. Rythme coloré.* Torr, Helen. Evening Sounds.
Valensi, Henry.
Symphonie verte.
* In the exhibition, there were two works by Mikhail Matiushin titled Painterly-Musical Construction, two works by Alfred Stieglitz titled Songs of the Sky and seven works by Léopold Survage titled Rythme coloré. All were used for the poem. |